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肩 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「肉」

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4Junior high level ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「肉」
On
ケンけん · ken
Kun
かたkata
Meaning
shoulder

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

戸 with 肉 "flesh": the part that juts out at the top of the body — a shoulder.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onケンけんken肩章けんしょう双肩そうけん比肩ひけん
Kunかたkata肩かた

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 双肩そうけん

    both shoulders

  • 肩書かたがき

    job title

More words with this kanji

  • 肩入れかたいれ
  • 肩胛骨けんこうこつ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

重(おも)い荷物(にもつ)で肩(かた)が痛(いた)い。

My shoulders ache from the heavy bag.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

双肩肩書肩双pair書to wri…腐rot膚skin肉meat肖resemb…肯consen…剣sword軒eaves兼concur…乾dry圏sphere
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 肉Map of reading ケンAll maps

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