Memory phrase for the character: 肢


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Meaning

limbs (=arms and legs), extremities, part

Pronunciation

SHI

Explanation

Left: body part 月/肉, right: support/branch 支 (hand 又, holding a twig 十)

Mnemonic


 
The body's "twigs" are the limbs.

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'.
branch (of a tree)The bottom shows one of the variants of “hand 又”, which holds a branch or twig 十.




 Vocabulary

肢体 したい  limbs; arms and legs; body

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