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肘 = 月 + 寸

肘 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “elbow”. It is built from 月 (month) and 寸 (measurement). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 46.

Keyword
elbow
RTK frame
46
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
チュウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ひじ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
локоть
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
肘 the elbow

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 月 month
  2. 寸 measurement

How to find 肘 without knowing its reading

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

Open 肘 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.