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肩
jiān
1. shoulder
2. to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

肩
jiān
shoulders; to shoulder, to bear
HSK 5 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

并肩
bìngjiān
alongside
仔肩
zījiān
to bear responsibility for sth
坎肩
kǎnjiān
sleeveless jacket (usually cotton)
垫肩
diànjiān
shoulder pad
披肩
pījiān
cape
拱肩
gǒngjiān
a spandrel (wall filling the shoulder between two neighboring arches)
搭肩
dājiān
to help lift up onto one's shoulders
比肩
bǐjiān
to be shoulder to shoulder
耸肩
sǒngjiān
to shrug one's shoulders
肩带
jiāndài
shoulder strap
肩扛
jiānkáng
to carry on the shoulder
肩章
jiānzhāng
epaulet
肩膀
jiānbǎng
shoulder
HSK 5
肩膊
jiānbó
shoulder
肩负
jiānfù
to shoulder (a burden)
肩起
jiānqǐ
to bear
肩头
jiāntóu
on one's shoulders
骈肩
piánjiān
shoulder to shoulder
齐肩
qíjiān
level with one's shoulders
卸肩儿
xièjiānr
lit. a weight off one's shoulders

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,414
Word Frequency Rank
4,056 of 84,292

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