漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
腕: arm, ability
Also: talent
JLPT N212 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
月 carries the meaning · 宛 gives the sound
12 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ワンwan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 腕章わんしょうarm band
- 腕力わんりょくphysical strength, brute strength
- 上腕じょうわんupper arm
- 手腕しゅわんability
- 左腕投手さわんとうしゅleft-handed baseball pitcher
- 腕白なわんぱくなnaughty, mischievous
- 敏腕なびんわんなable, capable, competent
うでude · kun'yomi · on its own
- 腕うでarm, skill
- 腕前うでまえability, skill, facility
- 腕利きうでききskillful
- 腕時計うでどけいwristwatch
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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
Also read ワン
1 kanji shares this on'yomiIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · wàn
Same form: 腕 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 腕 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 腕 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin wàn 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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