肩 — kanji meaning “shoulder”
肩
shoulder
- Meanings
- shoulder
- On'yomi
- ケン (ken)
- Kun'yomi
- かた
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1215 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 130
- Chinese reading
- jiān — Chinese character page
Words with 肩
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肩書き | かたがき katagaki | title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company) |
| 肩代わり | かたがわり katagawari | taking over (another's debt, work); shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation |
| 肩こり | かたこり katakori | stiff neck; stiff shoulders |
| 肩身 | かたみ katami | shoulders; body |
| 路肩 | ろかた rokata | shoulder (of a road); berm |
| 肩幅 | かたはば katahaba | shoulder width (breadth) |
| 肩入れ | かたいれ kataire | support; backing; patronage |
| 強肩 | きょうけん kyouken | strong throwing arm |
| 肩透かし | かたすかし katasukashi | under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down |
| 右肩 | みぎかた migikata | right shoulder |
| 左肩 | ひだりかた hidarikata | left shoulder |
| 肩車 | かたぐるま kataguruma | giving someone a ride on one's shoulders |
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