漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
肘: elbow, arm
N1 (our estimate)7 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
月 carries the meaning · 寸 is drawn in
7 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
One reading, and the words that use it
ひじhiji · kun'yomi · on its own
- 肘ひじelbow
- 肘鉄ひじてつelbowing (someone)
- 両肘りょうひじboth elbows
Also read チュウ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“It looks like the moon, but it's actually muscle! When you see this "moon" on the left side of a character, don't think of the night sky—think of your own body.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhǒu
Same form: 肘 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 肘 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 肘 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhǒu most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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