Memory phrase for the character: 肩

肩

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Meaning

shoulder

Pronunciation

KEN
kata

Explanation

 Top: door 戸, below: body part 月/肉

Mnemonic
 
The door is (as high as) this body part: The shoulder.

Radicals

戸 doorThe radical todare shows a sliding door 尸 mounted in an upper guide/rail.
肉 body part, meatThe radical niku is typically at the left side of a composition and drawn as: 月, which looks equal to: "moon, month 月" but still has the meaning 'body part'.




 Vocabulary

肩 かた  shoulder
肩書き かたがき  title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord);
肩こり かたこり  stiff neck; stiff shoulders

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