Memory phrase for the Kanji: 肘
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肘 |
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Meaning
| elbow, pork shoulder
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Pronunciation |
zhǒu |
Explanation |
Left: body part 月/肉, right: skillful hand 寸 |
Mnemonic
| The body part, which a 'skillful hand' needs: The elbow.
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Radicals
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肉
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meat | and body parts |
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寸
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skillful hand | Image of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 ts'wun = 3.72 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand". |
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Vocabulary
| 胳臂肘儿 |
gē bei zhǒur |
elbow |
| 变生肘腋 |
biàn shēng zhǒu yè |
lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep; trouble or danger in one's own backyard |
| 胳膊肘朝外拐 |
gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi |
the elbow turns the wrong way; to favor an outsider instead of someone on one's own side (idiom) |
| 胳膊肘朝外拐 |
gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi |
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