肩

shoulder

8 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1215.

Readings

• かた (kun reading): 肩 (かた) shoulder; 肩幅 (かたはば) shoulder width (breadth)
• ケン (on reading): 強肩 (きょうけん) strong throwing arm; 肩甲骨 (けんこうこつ) shoulder blade
• Read as a whole word: 肩巾 (ひれ) shawl (on shoulder of woman's dress)

Components

• 戸
• 月
• 一 radical one
• 尸 radical corpse; flag
• 戸 radical door
• 月 radical moon; flesh

Words using 肩

• 肩 (かた) shoulder
• 肩幅 (かたはば) shoulder width (breadth)
• 右肩 (みぎかた) right shoulder
• 左肩 (ひだりかた) left shoulder
• 肩こり (かたこり) stiff neck
• 強肩 (きょうけん) strong throwing arm
• 肩甲骨 (けんこうこつ) shoulder blade
• 肩部 (けんぶ) shoulder
• 肩章 (けんしょう) shoulder mark
• 比肩 (ひけん) ranking equal with
• 肩巾 (ひれ) shawl (on shoulder of woman's dress)

91 words in all.

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