Memory phrase for the Kanji: 肘
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肘 |
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Meaning
| elbow
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Pronunciation |
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Explanation |
Left: body part 月/肉, right: skillful hand 寸 |
Mnemonic
| The body part at which the 'skillful hand' is: The elbow.
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Radicals
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肉
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body part, meat | This radical is at the left side of a character and typically drawn as: 月, which looks equal to: "moon, month 月" but still has the meaning body-part. |
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寸
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skillful hand | Image of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 SUN = 3.03 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand" and partly also "to measure". |
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Vocabulary
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