肩

jiān

shoulder

to shoulder (responsibilities etc)

door panel (户) + flesh (⺼) = the body's load-bearing flap

The shoulder is the flap of flesh that bears burdens — like a door panel (户) hung on the body. ⺼ grounds it in the physical body, making it the meaty joint where loads are carried.

户+⺼→肩
⺼FleshSemantic
户A single door panelSemantic

他把包放在左肩上。

tā bǎ bāo fàng zài zuǒ jiān shàng。

He put the bag on his left shoulder.

她一个人肩负着全家的生活。

tā yī gè rén jiān fù zhe quán jiā de shēng huó。

She alone shoulders the livelihood of the whole family.

Words with 肩

肩带

jiān dài

shoulder strap; shoulder harness; shoulder belt; baldric

肩负

jiān fù

to shoulder (a burden)

耸肩

sǒng jiān

to shrug one's shoulders

过肩摔

guò jiān shuāi

(judo) shoulder throw

双肩包

shuāng jiān bāo

backpack

露肩

lòu jiān

(of a garment) off-the-shoulder; shoulder-baring

骈肩

pián jiān

shoulder to shoulder

齐肩

qí jiān

level with one's shoulders

并肩

bìng jiān

alongside

五十肩

wǔ shí jiān

adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)

仔肩

zī jiān

to bear responsibility for sth

凝肩

níng jiān

frozen shoulder (medicine)

More characters with 户

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