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Kanji Detail for 肋 - "rib, bone, protect"
肋
- Meaning
肋 means "rib, bone, protect."
Rib - Bones protecting internal organs.
Ribcage - The skeletal frame of the chest.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
rib
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
ribs; chest
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
rib; Taiwan pr. [le4]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
ribs; chest
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The rib bones. Twelve pairs on left and right. Connected to the spine at the back. Attached to the breastbone at the front. Curved like a bow shape. The lower two pairs have soft tips. Not connected to the breastbone. Called 浮肋骨 (floating ribs). Calling things without substance 雞肋 (chicken ribs). Originally Wei Wudi's words. Seen in (Records of the Three Kingdoms).
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