Memory phrase for the character: 肩

肩

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Meaning shoulder, to shoulder (responsibilities)

Pronunciation

jiān

Explanation

Top: door 戸 (sliding door with upper rail), below: body 月/肉

Mnemonic
 
(As big as a) door is this part of the body: The shoulder.

Radicals

戶 doorImage of a sliding door 尸 in an upper guidance rail.
肉 meatand body parts
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 Vocabulary

肩膀 jiān bǎng  shoulder
并肩 bìng jiān  alongside; shoulder to shoulder; side by side; abreast
肩负 jiān fù  to shoulder (a burden); to bear; to suffer (a disadvantage)
肩负 jiān fù  

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