Memory phrase for the Kanji: 肘


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Meaning elbow

Pronunciation


hiji

Explanation

Left: body part 月/肉, right: skillful hand 寸

Mnemonic


 
The body part at which the 'skillful hand' is: The elbow.

Radicals

body part, meatThe radical niku is typically at the left side of a composition and drawn as: 月, which looks equal to: "moon, month 月" but still has the meaning 'body part'.
skillful handImage of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 SUN = 3.03 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. The mnemonics use it as "skillful hand" and partly as "to measure".
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 Vocabulary

ひじ  (uk) elbow

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