膀
4 readings · tap one to hear it
upper arm; wing
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 肉 +10
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 膀
- Common rank
- #2,288
- Unicode
- U+8180
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 膀 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Flesh ⺼ beside 旁 the body; 旁 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
upper arm · Heisig RSH #1733
flesh + Magellan
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 膀
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 光膀子 | bare upper body; bare-chested; to bare one's chest | |
| 膀大腰圆 | tall and strong; burly; beefy | |
| 吊膀子 | (dialect) to flirt (derog.) | |
| 膀子 | upper arm; arm; wing | |
| 甩开膀子 | to throw off inhibitions; to go all out | |
| 有肩膀 | responsible; reliable | |
| 翅膀硬 | (of a bird) to fledge; (fig.) (of a person) to outgrow the need to be submissive to one's … | |
| 赤膀鸭 | (bird species of China) gadwall (Mareca strepera) | |
| 左膀右臂 | (idiom) trusted assistant; key aide | |
| 翅膀 | wing; CL:隻|只[zhi1],對|对[dui4] | |
| 膀胱气化 | (TCM) the extraction of impure fluid by the kidneys and the passing of it from the body by… | |
| 溜肩膀 | sloping shoulders; irresponsible; work-shy | |
| 膀臂 | upper arm; arm; reliable helper; right-hand man | |
| 臂膀 | arm | |
| 肩膀 | shoulder | |
| 膀爷 | topless guy (man who, in a public place, is not wearing a shirt) | |
| 蹄膀 | upper part of a pig's leg | |
| 膀胱炎 | cystitis | |
| 膀胱 | urinary bladder |