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肩 = 月 + 戸

肩 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “shoulder”. It is built from 月 (month) and 戸 (door). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1158.

Keyword
shoulder
RTK frame
1158
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ケン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かた
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
плечо
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
肩 shoulders

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 月 month
  2. 戸 door

How to find 肩 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “month” + “door”. 肩 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 肩 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.