肘
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elbow; pork shoulder
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 肉 +3
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 肘
- Common rank
- #2,750
- Unicode
- U+8098
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Formation & memory
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How 肘 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A arm carrying an object 寸 at the side of the body ⺼
How to remember it
elbow · Heisig RSH #1543
flesh + glue
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 肘
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 东坡肘子 | Dongpo pork shoulder, traditional dish said to have been created by Northern Song dynasty … | |
| 肘子 | pork shoulder; (coll.) elbow | |
| 手肘 | elbow | |
| 实肘 | full arm (method of painting) | |
| 变生肘腋 | lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep; trouble o… | |
| 肘击 | to strike with the elbow; to elbow | |
| 护肘 | elbow pad; elbow support | |
| 胳膊肘朝外拐 | lit. the elbow turns outward (idiom); fig. to side with outsiders rather than one's own pe… | |
| 胳臂肘儿 | elbow | |
| 胳膊肘往外拐 | see 胳膊肘朝外拐[ge1 bo5 zhou3 chao2 wai4 guai3] | |
| 捉襟见肘 | lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom); strapped for cash; unable to make e… | |
| 胳膊肘子 | see 胳膊肘[ge1 bo5 zhou3] | |
| 胳膊肘 | elbow | |
| 肘腋 | lit. armpit; elbow and armpit; fig. right up close (to a disaster); in one's backyard; on … | |
| 掣肘 | to hold sb back by the elbow; to impede; to hinder |