肩

Translingual

shinjitai	肩
simplified	肩
traditional	肩

Etymology

The form differs between traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, and Japanese shinjitai, as depicted at right. These are represented by the same Unicode code point; see Han unification.

• Traditional: Ideogrammic compound (會意): 月 + 戶; the body's gate.
• Simplified: Ideogrammic compound (會意): 月 + 户.
• Shinjitai: Ideogrammic compound (會意): 月 + 戸.

Han character

肩 (radical 130 肉+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸月 (HSB), 戈尸月 (ISB), four-corner 3022₇)

1. shoulders
2. to shoulder
3. bear

References

• KangXi: page 975, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29299
• Dae Jaweon: page 1426, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2052, character 8
• Unihan data for U+80A9

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Cantonese

Hanzi

肩 (Yale gin1)

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Japanese

Noun

肩 (hiragana かた, romaji kata)

1. a shoulder

Kanji

肩 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. shoulder

Readings

• On: けん (ken)
• Kun: かた (kata)

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Korean

Hanja

肩 (hangeul 견, revised gyeon, McCune-Reischauer kyŏn, Yale kyen)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

肩 (pinyin jiān (jian1), Wade-Giles chien¹)