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肩

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shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)

8 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,513 U+80A9

How 肩 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A man bringing home meat ⺼ for the family 户

components: 户 ⺼

How to remember it

shoulder · Heisig RSH #2153

户 door + moon

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 肩

WordPinyinMeaning
单肩包 dān jiān bāo shoulder bag
肩射导弹 jiān shè dǎo dàn shoulder-fired missile
双肩包 shuāng jiān bāo backpack
五十肩 wǔ shí jiān adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
并肩作战 bìng jiān zuò zhàn (idiom) to fight side by side; (by extension) to join forces
肩头 jiān tóu on one's shoulders; (dialect) shoulder
擦肩而过 cā jiān ér guò to brush past; to pass by (sb); (fig.) to miss (an opportunity, a danger etc); to have a b…
肩起 jiān qǐ to bear; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
比肩 bǐ jiān to be shoulder to shoulder; (fig.) to be as good as; to match; Taiwan pr. [bi4 jian1]
肩带 jiān dài shoulder strap; shoulder harness; shoulder belt; baldric; CL:條|条[tiao2]
白肩雕 bái jiān diāo (bird species of China) eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca)
肩周炎 jiān zhōu yán adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
肩部 jiān bù shoulder; shoulder area
露肩 lòu jiān (of a garment) off-the-shoulder; shoulder-baring
挨肩儿 āi jiān r in rapid succession (of children, close in age); shoulder-to-shoulder
息肩 xī jiān (literary) to put down one's burden; to rest; to stay (at an inn etc)
坎肩儿 kǎn jiān r erhua variant of 坎肩[kan3 jian1]
齐肩 qí jiān level with one's shoulders; (of two people) both the same height
勾肩搭背 gōu jiān dā bèi (idiom) arms around each other's shoulders
肩章 jiān zhāng epaulet; shoulder loop; shoulder mark