姿

すがた · sugata · JLPT N3 · noun

figure

🧍 姿 = 次 (next) + 女 (woman): the next woman in line shows her figure

The kanji stacks 次 (next, in order) over 女 (woman). Sound hook: sugata starts like sugar, and a sugar figure is a shaped form. Sugata means the outward figure or appearance of a person or thing, as in 姿を見せる, to show oneself.

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