bó
shoulders
Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 尃 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 膊
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
arm | ||
shoulder | ||
bare to the waist | ||
elbow | ||
fig. to go all out |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*pʰˤak | phak | pò | dismember |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 10.1874% of movies
1995th most common character in movies
2440th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 14 |
Unicode | U+818A |
Shuowen | “膊，薄脯，膊之屋上。从肉，尃聲。” |
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