肩 (jiān) — Chinese Character

肩

jiān

shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)

Radical: ⺼ HSK 5 n ideographic

Components & Etymology

肩 decomposes into the following components:

户⺼

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 肩.

仔肩

zī jiān

to bear responsibility for sth

凝肩

níng jiān

坎肩

kǎn jiān

sleeveless jacket (usually cotton)

垫肩

diàn jiān

shoulder pad

并肩

bìng jiān

alongside

息肩

xī jiān

披肩

pī jiān

cape

拱肩

gǒng jiān

a spandrel (wall filling the shoulder between two neighboring arches)

搭肩

dā jiān

to help lift up onto one's shoulders

比肩

bǐ jiān

to be shoulder to shoulder

溜肩

liū jiān

耸肩

sǒng jiān

to shrug one's shoulders

Characters that share the radical ⺼.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.