臂
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arm
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 肉 +13
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 臂
- Common rank
- #1,501
- Unicode
- U+81C2
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
arm · Heisig RSH #2556
hot sauce + flesh
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 臂
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 助一臂之力 | to lend a helping hand (idiom) | |
| 交臂失之 | to miss sb by a narrow chance; to miss an opportunity | |
| 失之交臂 | to miss narrowly; to let a great opportunity slip | |
| 人马臂 | Sagittarius spiral arm (of our galaxy) | |
| 三头六臂 | (lit.) (having) three heads and six arms (idiom); (fig.) superhuman abilities; exceptional… | |
| 如臂使指 | as the arm moves the finger (idiom); freely and effortlessly; to have perfect command of | |
| 花臂 | tattoo-covered arm; tattoo sleeve | |
| 上臂 | upper arm | |
| 手臂 | arm (from shoulder to wrist); (fig.) assistant; helper | |
| 力臂 | lever arm (i.e. perpendicular distance from the fulcrum to the line of force) | |
| 臂力 | arm strength | |
| 重臂 | actuator (arm of a lever); lever; actuating arm | |
| 红臂章 | (southern dialects) red armband | |
| 交臂 | linking arms; arm in arm; very close | |
| 前臂 | forearm | |
| 臂力棒 | power twister (fitness equipment) | |
| 振臂一呼 | (idiom) to issue a call for action; to raise one's hand and issue a rousing call | |
| 双臂 | arms; both arms; two arms | |
| 英仙臂 | Perseus spiral arm (of our galaxy) | |
| 双臂抱胸 | with arms crossed |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 辟 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辟 sound part | law, rule; to open up, to develop | |
| 壁 | partition, wall; rampart | |
| 避 | to avoid, to turn away; to escape, to hide | |
| 劈 | to chop, to cut apart; to split | |
| 璧 | a jade annulus | |
| 癖 | craving, addiction; habit, hobby; indigestion | |
| 僻 | out-of-the-way, remote; unorthodox | |
| 霹 | thunderclap, crashing thunder | |
| 擘 | thumb; to rip, to tear; to split, to analyze | |
| 譬 | example; metaphor, simile | |
| 噼 | onomatopoetic, the sound of something cracking | |
| 襞 | pleat, fold, crease | |
| 檗 | tree | |
| 嬖 | a favorite, a minion; to show favor; to enjoy the favor of | |
| 擗 | to beat the breast | |
| 甓 | bricks, glazed tiles | |
| 薜 | evergreen shrub; Ligusticum | |
| 鐾 | a flat iron cooking-plate for cakes |