Memory phrase for the character: 胳

胳

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Meaning

armpit

Pronunciation

gē

Explanation

Left: body part 月/肉, right: everybody 各 (Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody.)

Mnemonic

The part of the body that everyone has is the armpit.

Radicals

肉	body part	This 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”.
各	each, everybody	Watch for the very similar meaning of the radical every 每.

Vocabulary

胳膊	gē bo	arm
胳臂	gē bei	arm
胳臂肘儿	gē bei zhǒur	elbow
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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