肢
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limb
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 肉 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 肢
- Common rank
- #2,039
- Unicode
- U+80A2
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
limb · Heisig RSH #1890
flesh + branch
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 肢
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 头脑简单四肢发达 | all brawn no brains | |
| 肢体语言 | body language | |
| 节肢动物 | arthropod | |
| 节肢介体病毒 | arbovirus | |
| 肢体冲突 | physical encounter; fight | |
| 上肢 | upper limb (from shoulder to fingertips) | |
| 肢体 | limb; limbs and trunk; body | |
| 四肢支撑式 | low plank (yoga pose) | |
| 下肢 | lower limb (from hip to toes) | |
| 义肢 | artificial limb; prosthesis | |
| 后肢 | hind legs | |
| 前肢 | forelimb; foreleg | |
| 肢解 | to dismember; (fig.) to break into parts | |
| 四肢 | the four limbs of the body | |
| 断肢 | severed limb | |
| 假肢 | artificial limb; prosthetic limb | |
| 夹肢窝 | variant of 胳肢窩|胳肢窝[ga1 zhi5 wo1] | |
| 腰肢 | waist | |
| 残肢 | stump (of a limb); severed limb | |
| 触肢 | pedipalp |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 支 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 支 sound part | to support, to sustain; to withdraw, to pay; a branch (of a bank) | |
| 技 | ability, talent; skill, technique | |
| 鼓 | drum; to beat, to strike; to rouse | |
| 翅 | wings; fins | |
| 枝 | branches, limbs; to branch off | |
| 歧 | to diverge, to fork; a branch; a side road | |
| 跂 | to creep, to crawl | |
| 吱 | to chirp; to hiss; to squeak | |
| 岐 | to diverge, to branch; the name of a mountain | |
| 豉 | fermented beans | |
| 忮 | stubborn; perverse; aggressive | |
| 庋 | cupboard, pantry | |
| 芰 | water caltrop |