Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 肩


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Meaning

shoulder, to shoulder (responsibilities)

Pronunciation

jiān

Explanation

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

Mnemonic

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

Radicals

door(Image of a sliding door in an upper guidance rail.)
meat(and body parts)
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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)

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