The kanji 肩: meaning, readings and stroke order

肩

Meaning: shoulder
On reading: ケン ken
Kun reading: かた kata
Strokes: 8
Radical: 肉 meat
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: vai (kiên)
Japanese: かた。くびのしたのところ。
Korean: 어깨 (견)
Chinese: 肩膀

Readings, words and example sentences

ケン ken · on reading · less common

肩けん章しょう
shoulder badge (on a uniform)
せいふくの 肩けん章しょうをつけます。
They put shoulder badges on the uniforms.

かた kata · kun reading

肩かた
shoulder
重いかばんで 肩かたがこります。
My shoulders get stiff from my heavy bag.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.