肢
limb, arms & legs
Readings
On'yomi
- シ
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
肢 centers on the body's projecting parts used for movement and manipulation: the limbs, including both arms and legs.
Most common words using 肢
20 of 35- 選択肢せんたくし
choices; alternatives; options
- 四肢しし
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
- 肢体したい
limbs; arms and legs; body
- 下肢かし
lower limbs; legs
- 義肢ぎし
artificial limb
- 上肢じょうし
upper limbs; arms
- 後肢こうし
hindlimb; hind leg
- 肢体不自由児したいふじゆうじ
physically disabled child; child with a physical disability
- ドイツのための選択肢ドイツのためのせんたくし
Alternative for Germany; AfD
- 上肢帯じょうしたい
pectoral girdle
- 下肢帯かしたい
pelvic girdle
- 下肢芽かしが
tail bud (on an embryo)
- 付属肢ふぞくし
appendage
- 四肢五体ししごたい
the whole body
- 四肢動物ししどうぶつ
tetrapod; quadruped
- 四肢動物上綱ししどうぶつじょうこう
Tetrapoda
- 四肢麻痺ししまひ
quadriplegia; tetraplegia
- 回答選択肢かいとうせんたくし
answer choices (e.g. for a questionnaire); answer frame
- 多肢選択たしせんたく
multiple-choice
- 多肢選択式たしせんたくしき
multiple-choice
Study
Etymology
肢 combines the flesh radical ⺼ (body part) with 支, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of branching or supporting, together suggesting the branching limbs of the body.
Meaning mnemonic
The flesh radical ⺼ indicates a body part, and 支 looks like a branching support. Picture the body's branching supports: the arms and legs.
Reading mnemonic
For シ, imagine a limb being sheathed in a sleeve: she -> シ, and the sleeve covers the arm.