How to write 腋

腋 [yè] 名词 【本义】: 胳肢窝 1. The armpit, the part of the upper limb where it connects to the shoulder and is inwardly recessed. - 例: 腋窝 (armpit); 腋下 (underarm); 集腋成裘 (collecting armpits to form a fur coat). 2. Other parts of organisms that are similar to the armpit. - 例: 腋芽 (axillary bud). 【引】 1. 《广雅》: 胳谓之腋 (The forearm is called the axilla). 2. 《文选·卢谌答魏子悌诗》: 珍裘非一腋 (A valuable fur coat has more than one axilla). 注引《埤苍》: 腋在肘后 (The axilla is behind the elbow). 3. 《庄子》: 赴水则接腋持颐，蹶泥则没足灭跗 (When going into the water, one holds the armpit and chin; when stepping into the mud, one sinks the feet and extinguishes the ankle). 【例】 如: 腋毛 (armpit hair); 腋翅 (wings under the armpit, meaning to fly); 腋臊 (body odor, fox odor). 3. The part of a bird or beast where the wing or front leg connects to the chest. - 例: 腋芽 (axil). 4. An axillary structure, which refers to the usual angle or branching point between a stem or leaf and the axillary stem from which it grows. - 例: 叶腋 (leaf axil). （*引自繁体辞典解释） （一）​之读音。