Chinese symbol for “limb”
肢体
zhī tǐ
Traditional: 肢體
limb; limbs and trunk; body
The closest CC-CEDICT match for limb is 肢体 (zhī tǐ), defined as: limb; limbs and trunk; body.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “limb”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 肢体.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 四肢 | sì zhī | the four limbs of the body |
| 截肢 | jié zhī | amputation (medicine); to amputate |
| 肢解 | zhī jiě | to dismember; (fig.) to break into parts |
| 下肢 | xià zhī | lower limb (from hip to toes) |
| 上肢 | shàng zhī | upper limb (from shoulder to fingertips) |
| 媒体 (媒體) | méi tǐ | media, esp. news media |
| 身体 (身體) | shēn tǐ | the body; one's health |
| 体育 (體育) | tǐ yù | sports; physical education |
See also: Japanese symbol for “limb”.
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.