kanji-a-day: 1133/2000JLPT: N1School Grade: 6th (11 years old)This character is a combination of 次 n
kanji-a-day: 1133/2000JLPT: N1School Grade: 6th (11 years old)This character is a combination of 次 next and 女 woman. Here 次 is acting phonetically to express “voluptuous.” Originally 姿 referred to a “woman of stunning attractiveness,” and later came to mean “fine figure.” Eventually it came to refer to just “figure/form” in a broad sense. -- source link