肘 – elbow, arm

7 strokesJōyō (secondary school)N2 vocabulary

The kanji 肘 means elbow, arm. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チュウ (chuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ひじ (hiji). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 肉 (no. 130).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	チュウ	chuu
Kun’yomi	ひじ	hiji

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 肉 (Kangxi radical 130). Components: 月・寸.

Words using 肘

肘ひじelbow

Example sentences

彼女は私の肘をちょっと押した。

She gave my elbow a little jog.

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Kanji with the same radical

能育脳背脱肉臓肝胸腕脅肩腐脚腹膨

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