肩 — Chinese character
肩
jiān
shoulders; to shoulder, to bear
- Pinyin
- jiān
- Radical
- 130 ⾁ (Meat)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 户
- Formation
- ideographic — A man bringing home meat ⺼ for the family 户
- Japanese
- 肩 as a kanji
Common words with 肩
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肩膀 | jiān bǎng | shoulder |
| 肩负 (肩負) | jiān fù | to shoulder (a burden); to bear |
| 并肩 (並肩) | bìng jiān | alongside; shoulder to shoulder |
| 擦肩而过 (擦肩而過) | cā jiān ér guò | to brush past; to pass by (sb); (fig.) to miss (an opportunity, a danger etc); to have a brush (with death) |
| 披肩 | pī jiān | cape; shawl |
| 肩部 | jiān bù | shoulder; shoulder area |
| 肩带 (肩帶) | jiān dài | shoulder strap; shoulder harness; shoulder belt; baldric; 条 (tiáo) |
| 并肩作战 (並肩作戰) | bìng jiān zuò zhàn | (idiom) to fight side by side; (by extension) to join forces |
| 比肩 | bǐ jiān | to be shoulder to shoulder; (fig.) to be as good as; to match |
| 肩并肩 (肩並肩) | jiān bìng jiān | shoulder to shoulder; abreast; side by side |
| 肩头 (肩頭) | jiān tóu | on one's shoulders; (dialect) shoulder |
| 双肩包 (雙肩包) | shuāng jiān bāo | backpack |
English words written with 肩
肩 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 13
- Analects 19.23
- Mencius 3B.7
- Mencius 6A.14
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
- Zhuangzi Nourishment of the Soul
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
- Zhuangzi The Evidence of Virtue Complete
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
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