Kanji Detail for 肱 - "upper arm, elbow"

肱

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning

肱 means "upper arm, elbow."
1. Upper arm - The part from shoulder to elbow.
2. Elbow - The arm joint connecting the upper and lower arm (Japanese usage).
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

ability; talent; elbow; arm

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

forearm

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

upper arm; arm

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

forearm

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

The second section of the arm, from elbow to wrist, is called 肱 (forearm). Calling left and right 股肱 (thighs and forearms). Using limbs as a metaphor for great ministers. Seen in (Book of Documents). Also "good medicine from three broken arms." Meaning having experienced much illness. As a metaphor for experiencing many vicissitudes.
Onyomi

koh(コウ)
Kunyomi

hiji(ひじ)

kaina(かいな)

maru.i(まる-い)
Strokes

10 strokes
Radical

肉月 (niku・nikuzuki)
Related Keywords

upper arm elbow forearm

気が付くと、手先や肱のあたりに毛を生じているらしい。少し明るくなってから、谷川に臨んで姿を映して見ると、既に虎となっていた。
When I regained my senses, it seemed that fur had grown on my fingers and knees. When it became slightly brighter, I looked at my reflection in a mountain stream, and I realized that I had become a tiger.