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Kanji Detail for 肩 - "shoulder, to bear, young animal"

  • Meaning

    肩 means "shoulder, to bear, young animal."

    1. Shoulder - The part connecting the arm and torso.

    2. To bear - To carry on the shoulder; to endure.

    3. Young animal - A three-year-old animal.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    shoulder

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    shoulders; to shoulder; bear

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    shoulders; to shoulder, to bear

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Below the neck where the two arms connect. | Shoulders are for carrying loads. Hence carrying is called 肩 (to shoulder). Relieving responsibility is called 息肩 (resting the shoulders). Based on (Zuo Zhuan).
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