U+814B "腋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+814B "腋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily meaning "armpit" in modern standard Mandarin, and it belongs to the set of CJK Unified Ideographs used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems. Its structure consists of the radical for flesh or body part on the left side, combined with a phonetic component on the right that hints at its pronunciation. In classical texts and medical terminology, it specifically refers to the anatomical area under the shoulder joint, and it appears in compound words such as those for axillary hair, perspiration, or lymph nodes. This character is also occasionally found in literary contexts to metaphorically denote a side, flank, or hidden recess, and it has a variant form in traditional Chinese calligraphy.