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jiān
HSK 5freq #4664

Meanings

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jiān
  1. 1.shoulder
  2. 2.to shoulder (responsibilities etc)

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.shoulder
  2. 2.to shoulder; to undertake; to take on
  3. 3.to bear

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Etymology

Cognate with Proto-Kam-Sui *k-xiːn¹ (“arm”), Proto-Tai *qeːnᴬ (“arm”) (whence Thai แขน (kɛ̌ɛn, “arm”)) (Schuessler, 2007). Alternatively, possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k(w/y)an (“shoulder”).

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Stroke order

Components

肩户月

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Synonyms

肩膀肩膀兒肩頭兒肩頭膀子肩膀子肩膀頭兒肩忙頭兒膀臂頭胛骨肩巴胛骨頭兒胛子膀膀兒膀膀肩膀頭肩膀拐子膊頭膊肩頭膊肩膊膊肩肩胛肩脊頭肩胛頭胛頭胛肩家肩茄肩架

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Derived terms

一肩兒一肩儿一肩挑下一肩並肩并肩並肩作戰并肩作战並肩前進并肩前进並肩而行并肩而行乘肩五十肩亞肩疊背亚肩叠背仔肩併肩子并肩子入肩冷肩膀切肩削肩勾肩搭背卸肩坎肩墊肩垫肩壓肩疊背压肩叠背

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Related words

肩膀 shoulder肩负 to shoulder (a burden)比肩 to be shoulder to shoulder露肩 (of a garment) off-the-shoulder; shoulder-baring肩章 epaulet肩膊 shoulder肩头 on one's shoulders息肩 (literary) to put down one's burden坎肩 sleeveless jacket (usually cotton)搭肩 to help lift up onto one's shoulders凝肩 frozen shoulder (medicine)拱肩 a spandrel (wall filling the shoulder between two neighboring arches)