胛 (jiǎ): shoulder blade

Meanings

他觉得肩胛附近有个痛点。

Tā juéde jiānjiǎ fùjìn yǒu gè tòngdiǎn.

He felt a sore spot near his shoulder blade.

医生按了按肩胛骨检查肌肉。

Yīshēng àn le àn jiānjiǎgǔ jiǎnchá jīròu.

The doctor pressed on the shoulder blade to check the muscle.

usage

Used in 肩胛 and 肩胛骨 (shoulder blade / scapula), the flat triangular bone on the upper back.

radical

⺼ ròu

flesh; body

The flesh radical on the left, the body-part form of 肉, marks this as a part of the body, here a bone of the upper back.

phonetic

甲 jiǎ

shell; armor; first

Supplies the sound directly: 甲 is read jiǎ, and its sense of a hard plate fits the flat shoulder-blade bone.

胛 jiǎ