Memory phrase for the character: 肘

肘

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Meaning

elbow, pork shoulder

Pronunciation

zhǒu

Explanation

 Left: body part 月/肉, right: skillful hand 寸

Mnemonic
 
The body part, which a 'skillful hand' needs: The elbow.

Radicals

肉 body partThis radical is on the left in compound words and is simplified as "月", which then looks like “moon, month 月”, but still has the meaning “body part”.
寸 skillful handImage of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. As a body part this is the forearm 肘. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 ts'wun = 3.72 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand".




 Vocabulary

胳臂肘儿 gē bei zhǒur  elbow
变生肘腋 biàn shēng zhǒu yè  lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep; trouble or danger in one's own backyard
胳膊肘朝外拐 gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi  the elbow turns the wrong way; to favor an outsider instead of someone on one's own side (idiom)
胳膊肘朝外拐 gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi  

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