肘 — elbow, arm

ひじ肘 elbow

ひじ

U+8098 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Heisig #46 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

elbow
arm

Readings

On'yomi: ちゅう chuu
Kun'yomi: ひじ hiji

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ひじ hiji Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

肘(ひじ) hiji elbow

Words by frequency and grade

1 word

Each dot is a word containing 肘: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

つき月 moon #74

すん寸 inch #41

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#130 肉 meat