肩

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shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A man bringing home meat ⺼ for the family 户

Components 户⺼

shoulder · Heisig RSH #2153

户 door + moon

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
单肩包	dān jiān bāo	shoulder bag
肩射导弹	jiān shè dǎo dàn	shoulder-fired missile
双肩包	shuāng jiān bāo	backpack
五十肩	wǔ shí jiān	adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
并肩作战	bìng jiān zuò zhàn	(idiom) to fight side by side; (by extension) to join forces
肩头	jiān tóu	on one's shoulders; (dialect) shoulder
擦肩而过	cā jiān ér guò	to brush past; to pass by (sb); (fig.) to miss (an opportunity, a danger etc); to have a b…
肩起	jiān qǐ	to bear; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
比肩	bǐ jiān	to be shoulder to shoulder; (fig.) to be as good as; to match; Taiwan pr. [bi4 jian1]
肩带	jiān dài	shoulder strap; shoulder harness; shoulder belt; baldric; CL:條\|条[tiao2]
白肩雕	bái jiān diāo	(bird species of China) eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca)
肩周炎	jiān zhōu yán	adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
肩部	jiān bù	shoulder; shoulder area
露肩	lòu jiān	(of a garment) off-the-shoulder; shoulder-baring
挨肩儿	āi jiān r	in rapid succession (of children, close in age); shoulder-to-shoulder
息肩	xī jiān	(literary) to put down one's burden; to rest; to stay (at an inn etc)
坎肩儿	kǎn jiān r	erhua variant of 坎肩[kan3 jian1]
齐肩	qí jiān	level with one's shoulders; (of two people) both the same height
勾肩搭背	gōu jiān dā bèi	(idiom) arms around each other's shoulders
肩章	jiān zhāng	epaulet; shoulder loop; shoulder mark