Memory phrase for the character: 肩

肩

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Meaning

shoulder, to shoulder (responsibilities)

Pronunciation

jiān

Explanation

 Top: door 戸 (sliding door with upper rail), below: body 月/肉

Mnemonic
 
(As big as a) door is this part of the body: The shoulder.

Radicals

戶 doorImage of a sliding door 尸 in an upper guidance rail.
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”.




 Vocabulary

肩膀 jiān bǎng  shoulder
并肩 bìng jiān  alongside; shoulder to shoulder; side by side; abreast
肩负 jiān fù  to shoulder (a burden); to bear; to suffer (a disadvantage)
肩负 jiān fù  

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