肢
肢 — Limb
limb, arms & legs
On’yomiシ (shi)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (8 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 肢
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 選択肢 | せんたくし sentakushi | choices; alternatives; options |
| 肢体 | したい shitai | limbs; arms and legs; body |
| 四肢 | しし shishi | the (four) limbs; arms and legs |
| 肢体不自由児 | したいふじゆうじ shitaifujiyuuji | physically disabled child; child with a physical disability |
| 下肢 | かし kashi | lower limbs; legs |
Study notes
肢 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2289 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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