Chinese Character 肘 Meanings and components.

Form

肘

Meaning

肘 meaning[3] in English

Elbow.

Pork Shoulder.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 肘 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are moon (月) , and a unit of … (寸)

Its radical[1] is: 肉 (rou4) which means: Meat, Flesh, Pulp (Of A Fruit), (Coll.) (Of A Fruit) Squashy, (Of A Person) Flabby, Irresolute, Kangxi Radical 130, .肉rou4meat

In cangjie it is written with BDI

How to write 肘

To write肘zhou3elbow you should write a combination of 月yue4moon , 寸cun4a unit … arranged in a 吅 shape:

月 + 寸 = 肘

肘 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 肘 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 肘, looks as follow:

肘
Pinyin:zhou3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Elbow . Pork Shoulder
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
寸
Pinyin:cun4
Meaning[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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