Chinese Character Wiki
肩

jiān

shoulder

Originally a pictograph of a shoulder. Later the ⺼ (flesh) component was added.

Components
◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts a shoulder. Unrelated to 户.

⺼ meaning component

⺼  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

Evolution

肩 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
肩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
肩 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
肩 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

肩  

jiān

shoulders; to shoulder; bear; shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)

Most common words with 肩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

肩膀

shoulder

肩

shoulder

并肩

alongside

肩负

to bear

擦肩而过

brief encounter

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

掮

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

掮

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ˤe[n]

ken

jiān

shoulder (n.)


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 18.4206% of movies

1639th most common character in movies

1415th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+80A9

Shuowen

“，髆也。从肉，象形。肩，俗肩从戶。”


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