Chinese symbol for “elbow”
手肘
shǒu zhǒu
elbow
The closest CC-CEDICT match for elbow is 手肘 (shǒu zhǒu), defined as: elbow.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “elbow”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肘 | zhǒu | elbow; pork shoulder |
| 胳膊肘 | gē bo zhǒu | elbow |
| 肘击 (肘擊) | zhǒu jī | to strike with the elbow; to elbow |
| 胳臂肘儿 (胳臂肘兒) | gē bei zhǒu r | elbow |
| 肘子 | zhǒu zi | pork shoulder; (coll.) elbow |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 手肘.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 手机 (手機) | shǒu jī | cell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái) |
| 手段 | shǒu duàn | method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability |
| 选手 (選手) | xuǎn shǒu | athlete; contestant |
| 手术 (手術) | shǒu shù | (surgical) operation; surgery |
| 对手 (對手) | duì shǒu | opponent; rival |
| 歌手 | gē shǒu | singer |
| 掣肘 | chè zhǒu | to hold sb back by the elbow; to impede; to hinder |
| 捉襟见肘 (捉襟見肘) | zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒu | lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom); strapped for cash |
See also: Japanese symbol for “elbow”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.