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Limbs Branch Parts Body 肢 シ Arms Legs

Kanji
Onyomi
English limb, arms & legs
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 2289
Components 肉: meat
支: branch; support; sustain; branch radical (no. 65)
Number of Strokes 8
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 130
Radical Strokes 6
Radical Reading にく・にくづき
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword limb
Koohii Story 1 The limbs that this kanji represents are parts of the body that are connected to the trunk, like the main branches to a tree (“arms and legs” is the second meaning of this kanji). In other words, limbs are "flesh branches".
Koohii Story 2 Limbs are body parts that branch off.
RTK Index 714

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq2001-2500, kanji_body_arm.leg

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