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θ‚©
JLPT N2 8 strokes Frequency: #1215

Meanings

Shoulder

Radicals

βΊΌ

Decomposition

⿸户⺼

Etymology

Ideographic: A man bringing home meat ⺼ for the family 户

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 8

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
2 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
3 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
4 diagonal top-to-bottom
5 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
6 hook bottom-right-to-top-left
7 horizontal bottom-to-top
8 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ケン ken
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
γ‹γŸ kata

Words Using This Kanji

80 words total
Other (20 words)
θ‚©γŒε‡γ‚‹ γ‹γŸγŒγ“γ‚‹

to have stiff shoulders

γͺで肩 γͺでがた

sloping shoulders

五十肩 γ”γ˜γ‚…γ†γ‹γŸ

stiff shoulders (usu. owing to age)

肩透かし γ‹γŸγ™γ‹γ—

under-shoulder swing-down

θ‚©δΈŠγ’ γ‹γŸγ‚γ’

tuck at the shoulder (of a child's clothes)

肩慣らし γ‹γŸγͺらし

warming up

θ‚©γŸγŸγ γ‹γŸγŸγŸγ

pounding lightly on the shoulders (to relieve stiffness)

ζ€’γ‚Šθ‚© γ„γ‹γ‚ŠγŒγŸ

square shoulders

四十肩 γ—γ˜γ‚…γ†γ‹γŸ

shoulder pain occurring in one's 40s

εΌ·θ‚© きょうけん

strong throwing arm

肩に担ぐ γ‹γŸγ«γ‹γ€γ

to bear

θ‚©η”²εΈ― γ‘γ‚“γ“γ†γŸγ„

shoulder girdle

ε³θ‚©δΈ‹γŒγ‚Š γΏγŽγ‹γŸγ•γŒγ‚Š

decreasing (graph falling to the right)

ε³θ‚©δΈŠγŒγ‚Š γΏγŽγ‹γŸγ‚γŒγ‚Š

growing (graph rising to the right)

右肩 γΏγŽγ‹γŸ

right shoulder

ε·¦θ‚© γ²γ γ‚Šγ‹γŸ

left shoulder

θ‚©θΆŠγ— γ‹γŸγ”γ—

looking over someone's shoulder

肩を並べる γ‹γŸγ‚’γͺらべる

to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder

θ‚©γ§ι’¨γ‚’εˆ‡γ‚‹ γ‹γŸγ§γ‹γœγ‚’γγ‚‹

to swagger

θ‚©ι€γ‹γ—γ‚’ι£Ÿγ‚γ›γ‚‹ γ‹γŸγ™γ‹γ—γ‚’γγ‚γ›γ‚‹

to dodge (an attack, question, etc.)