The kanji 腕: meaning, readings and stroke order

腕

Meaning: arm, skill
On reading: ワン wan
Kun reading: うで ude
Strokes: 12
Radical: 肉 meat
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cánh tay, tay nghề (oản)
Japanese: うで。わざのちから。
Korean: 팔, 솜씨 (완)
Chinese: 手臂、本领

Readings, words and example sentences

ワン wan · on reading · less common

腕わん力りょく
arm strength
兄は 腕わん力りょくが強いです。
My big brother has very strong arms.

うで ude · kun reading

腕うで
arm, skill
重い荷物で 腕うでがつかれました。
My arms got tired from the heavy bags.

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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.