肩 jiān
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- 户 door ⺼ meat, flesh
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
肩膀
jiānbǎng
shoulder
Characters in this word
膀 bǎng
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 旁 side
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 长时间背着沉重的电脑包，他的肩膀开始酸痛。 Cháng shíjiān bēi zhe chénzhòng de diànnǎobāo, tā de jiānbǎng kāishǐ suāntòng. After carrying a heavy laptop bag for a long time, his shoulders began to ache.
- 他拍了拍我的肩膀，说一切都会好的。 Tā pāi le pāi wǒ de jiānbǎng, shuō yíqiè dōu huì hǎo de. He patted me on the shoulder and said everything would be fine.
- 孩子骑在爸爸的肩膀上看表演。 Háizi qí zài bàba de jiānbǎng shàng kàn biǎoyǎn. The child sat on his dad's shoulders to watch the show.