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肱

gōng

Character

What 肱 means

1. upper arm
2. arm

Words starting with 肱

• 肱骨gōng gǔhumerus
• 肱三头肌gōng sān tóu jītriceps brachii (back of the upper arm)
• 肱二头肌gōng èr tóu jībicipital muscle; biceps

Words containing 肱

• 股肱gǔ gōngtrusted aide
• 曲肱而枕qū gōng ér zhěnlit. to use one's bent arm as a pillow (idiom); fig. content with simple things
• 三折肱sān zhé gōng(lit.) break one's arm three times (to become a good doctor)…
• 三折肱为良医sān zhé gōng wéi liáng yī(lit.) break one's arm three times to become a good doctor (idiom)…

Characters built on 月

These share the phonetic component 月 (yuè), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 肿zhǒngto swell; swelling; swollen
• 胧lóngused in 朦胧
• 脓nóngpus
• 胴dònglarge intestine; torso
• 臃yōngused in 臃肿
• 肜Róngsurname Rong
• 胨dòngsee 蛋白胨

Characters that look like 肱

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 胜shèngvictory; success; to beat
• 胎tāifetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding)
• 弦xiánbow string; string of musical instrument; watchspring
• 炫xuànto dazzle; to boast; to show off
• 肮āngused in 肮脏
• 肽tàipeptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)

Sounds the same

Read gōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 工work; worker; skill
• 公public; collectively owned; common
• 功meritorious deed or service; achievement; result
• 供to provide; to supply; to be for (the use or convenience of)
• 恭respectful
• 攻to attack; to accuse; to study
• 宫palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment)
• 躬(literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso); (bound form) to bow; (literary) oneself…
• 弓a bow (weapon); to bend; to arch (one's back etc)
• 红used in 女红
• 蚣used in 蜈蚣
• 觥big; cup made of horn; horn wine container