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臂
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

arm

HSK 7
Human →Body →Limbs
bì
ヒ
ひじ
비
Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 辟 represents the sound.
Components
⺼ meat (side)+ 辟 law =
臂 arm
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat (side)
meat
⺼ is a component form of 肉.
辟 Phonetic component
pì law
law, rule
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Notes
Similar Characters
媠 lazy育 education冑 helmet (trad)朊 protein肋 chest肌 muscle肓 region between heart肘 elbow肚 belly肛 anus肜 to sacrifice on肝 liver肟 an organic compound肠 emotions (simp)股 thigh肢 limb肤 superficial (simp)肩 shoulder肪 animal fat肫 the gizzard of a fowl
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
臂
Regular
Modern
Chinese
臂 [bì]
arm
Japanese
肘 、 肱 (old) 、 臂 (old) ひじ 、 ヒジ 同音
noun elbow
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
彼女は私の肘をちょっと押した。
She gave my elbow a little jog.
Japanese Names
臂 ひじ
Hiji surname
CHINESE WORDS (52)
手臂 [shǒu​bì] #2,769
arm
双臂 [shuāng​bì] #11,989
arms
双臂 [shuāng​bì] #11,989
arms
臂膀 [bì​bǎng] #17,577
arm
前臂 [qián​bì] #22,145
forearm
失之交臂 [shī​zhī​jiāo​bì] #26,812
to miss narrowly
臂弯 [bì​wān] #18,631
crook of the arm
臂弯 [bì​wān] #18,631
crook of the arm
胳臂 [gē​bei] #23,548
arm
臂章 [bì​zhāng] #28,044
armband
42 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (9)
⭐ 肘 [ひじ] #4,661
elbow
八面六臂 [はちめんろっぴ] #61,066
competent in all fields
猿臂 [えんぴ] #92,291
long arm
三面六臂 [さんめんろっぴ] #97,623
rush of business
一臂 [いっぴ] #143,667
a (helping) hand
半臂 [はんぴ] #185,343
short-sleeved (or sleeveless) undergarment worn by aristocratic men
猿臂を伸ばす [えんぴをのばす] #238,322
to stretch one's arms
半臂の緒 [はんぴのお]
decorative gauze strap that hangs from the front left side of the kohimo when tying closed one's hanpi
猿臂打ち [えんぴうち]
elbow strike (karate)