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胛

jiǎ

Character

What 胛 means

1. shoulder blade

Words containing 胛

• 肩胛jiān jiǎshoulder; scapular region; scapula
• 肩胛骨jiān jiǎ gǔscapula; shoulder blade

Characters built on 甲

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

• 钾jiǎpotassium (chemistry)
• 匣xiábox
• 岬jiǎcape (geography); headland
• 狎xiá(bound form; literary) to take liberties with sb or sth; to treat frivolously
• 柙xiácage; pen; scabbard

Characters that look like 胛

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

• 所suǒactually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
• 挥huīto wave; to brandish; to command
• 捍hànto ward off (a blow); to withstand; to defend
• 胖pàngfat; plump
• 秤chēngto weigh (variant of 称
• 狞níngfierce-looking

Sounds the same

Read jiǎ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 假fake; false; artificial
• 甲first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; (used for an unspecified person or thing)…
• 钾potassium (chemistry)
• 岬cape (geography); headland
• 榎(evergreen shrub); Celtis sinensis
• 斝small jade cup with ears
• 槚Catalpa, a genus of mostly deciduous trees; old term for Camellia sinensis, the tea plant…
• 婽good
• 椵(grapefruit)
• 瘕obstruction in the intestine
• 嘏far; grand
• 贾surname Jia