Chinese symbol for “scapula”
肩胛骨
jiān jiǎ gǔ
scapula; shoulder blade
The closest CC-CEDICT match for scapula is 肩胛骨 (jiān jiǎ gǔ), defined as: scapula; shoulder blade.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “scapula”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 肩胛骨.
| 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 |
| 肩胛 | jiān jiǎ | shoulder; scapular region |
| 骨头 (骨頭) | gǔ tou | bone; measure word: 根 (gēn), 块 (kuài) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “scapula”.
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.