肩 – shoulder

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The kanji 肩 means shoulder. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ケン (ken); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かた (kata). It is written with 8 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	ケン	ken
Kun’yomi	かた	kata

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・戸・一・尸.

Words using 肩

肩かたshoulder

Example sentences

肩が痛い。

I have a pain in the shoulder.

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Kanji with the same radical

能育脳背脱肉臓肝胸腕脅腐脚腹膨腰

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