胛 (jiǎ): shoulder blade

Meanings

1 shoulder blade

Characters

胛

jiǎ

shoulder blade

Examples

HSK 5

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.

HSK 7-9

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.

Tips

usage

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

Components

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.

Stroke Order

胛 jiǎ

Related Words

肩胛骨 jiānjiǎgǔ #26,197

scapula / shoulder blade

肩 jiān HSK 5 #5,671

shoulder / to shoulder (responsibilities)

肩部 jiānbù

shoulder / shoulder area

肩扛 jiānkáng

to carry on one's shoulder / to shoulder (a load)

肩膀 jiānbǎng HSK 7-9 #3,180

shoulder

抽刀断水水更流 chōu dāo duàn shuǐ shuǐ gèng liú

draw the blade to cut the water - the water only flows on / (fig.) sorrow cannot be severed by an effort of will; it returns stronger / (lit.) draw-blade cut-water, water further flows

搭膊 dābó

shoulder bag / long pouch slung over the shoulder

并肩 bìngjiān #9,386

side by side; shoulder to shoulder / to stand/fight together; in solidarity

肩章 jiānzhāng #31,193

epaulet / shoulder mark / shoulder loop indicating rank

挑 tiāo HSK 4 #1,614

to choose / to pick / to carry on a shoulder pole / to nitpick