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The Chinese word 肘 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
zhǒu 1. (anatomy) elbow
2. upper part of a leg of pork (as food)

肘 ⇨ ⺼ + 寸
Component Pinyin Meanings
ròu, rù 1. meat; flesh
     豬肉 - pork
     牛肉 - beef
      從不 。 - I never eat meat.
      異常 鮮美。 - The flesh of this kind of fish has exceptional delicacy.
     不久鬣狗 便可 飽餐一頓 這些 動物 。 - Soon, the hyenas could then feast on the flesh of these dead animals.
2. (specifically) pork
     肉三鮮 餃子zi - three delicious ingredient pork dumpling
     蒜薹 - garlic chive and pork stir-fry
3. body
     (zh-co, 肉體, physical body)
4. flesh; pulp
      桃子zi 。 - The flesh of the peach was sweet and juicy.
5. (ACG) media; video
     (zh-co, 生肉, raws (not fansubbed videos or clips))
ròu 6. (archaic) edge; brim; an outer part of a ring-shaped object (such as coin or jade annulus)
7. (archaic, of sound and music) rich; substantial
8. (dialectal Mandarin) spongy; squashy; flabby
      西瓜 瓤兒r 。 - The pulp of this watermelon is too spongy.
9. (dialectal Mandarin) slow; sluggish
      做事 。 - This person does everything sluggishly.
10. meat; flesh
     豬肉 - pork, MN
     牛肉 - beef, MN
11. (specifically) pork
     肉骨 - pork ribs, MN
12. flesh; pulp
     龍眼乾 - flesh of dried longan, MN
13. main part of an object
     刀肉 - blade of a knife or sword, MN
cùn 1. (units of measure) A cun or Chinese inch, a traditional unit of length of about 3(nbsp)cm.
2.    (Mainland China) (zh-short, 市寸)
3.    (Hong Kong) Legally defined as the tsun of 3.71475(nbsp)cm.
4. (informal) Short for 英寸 (inch)
5. (figurative) very short or little
6. (TCM) cunkou pulse; radial artery pulse at the wrist
7. (Mandarin, colloquial) coincidental; unbelievable; opportune
8. Variant of 忖
9. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 串 (-)