懂中文 Dong Chinese

膊

bó

shoulders

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 尃 represents the sound.

Components
⺼ meaning component

⺼  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

尃 sound component

尃  Sound component

fū

  

state, announce

Evolution

膊 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
膊 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

膊  

bó

shoulders, upper arms; shoulder; upper arm

Most common words with 膊
Freq.
Word
Meaning

胳膊

arm

膊

shoulder

赤膊

bare to the waist

胳膊肘

elbow

赤膊上阵

fig. to go all out