腕
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wrist; (squid, starfish etc) arm
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 肉 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 腕
- Common rank
- #2,029
- Unicode
- U+8155
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
wrist · Heisig RSH #2452
flesh + mailbox
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 腕
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 外交手腕 | diplomatic skills | |
| 腕足动物 | brachiopod | |
| 大腕儿 | erhua variant of 大腕[da4 wan4] | |
| 手腕子 | wrist | |
| 手腕式 | wrist- (watch, compass) | |
| 比腕力 | arm wrestling (Tw) | |
| 脚腕子 | see 腳腕|脚腕[jiao3 wan4] | |
| 腕管综合症 | carpal tunnel syndrome | |
| 玩手腕 | to play tricks; to play at politics | |
| 大腕 | (coll.) big shot; big name; bigwig; heavyweight | |
| 腕子 | wrist | |
| 腕儿 | see 大腕[da4 wan4] | |
| 手腕 | wrist; trickery; finesse; ability; skill | |
| 腕龙 | brachiosaurus | |
| 腕带 | wristband; wrist strap (for securing an object to one's wrist) | |
| 脚腕 | ankle | |
| 腕表 | wristwatch | |
| 铁腕 | iron fist (of the state) | |
| 腕足 | (zoology) tentacle | |
| 腕级 | celebrated; famous; A-list |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 宛 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宛 sound part | to seem; as if; crooked | |
| 碗 | bowl, small dish | |
| 婉 | amiable, graceful, tactful; restrained | |
| 豌 | peas | |
| 菀 | luxuriant foliage | |
| 惋 | to regret, to be sorry | |
| 箢 | used in 箢箕[yuan1 ji1] and 箢篼[yuan1 dou1]; Taiwan pr. [wan3] | |
| 畹 | a field of 20-30 mu | |
| 剜 | to cut; to cut out, to pick out, to scoop out | |
| 琬 | fine jade; nobility |