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肱 = 月 + 厷

肱 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “armrest”. It is built from 月 (month) and 厷 (forearm). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2536.

Keyword
armrest
RTK frame
2536
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かいな, ひじ, まるい
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
ability, подлокотник
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
肱 forearm

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 月 month
  2. 厷 forearm

How to find 肱 without knowing its reading

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

Open 肱 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.