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Meaning of 腕

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Pinyin: wàn
English Definition: wrist; (squid, starfish etc) arm
Chinese Definition:
①胳膊下端与手掌相连的部分:手腕。腕骨。腕力。扼腕(表示惋惜等情绪)。[合]腕表(手表);腕脱(手腕脱位。形容书写忙迫紧张);腕钏(手镯);腕法(写字用腕的方法);腕头(犹言手上);腕阑(手镯类的饰物。)
Total strokes: 12; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (flesh) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • meat, flesh; organic compound
    • [ wǎn ] to seem; as if; crooked
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Example Words
手腕 shǒu wàn wrist; trickery; finesse; ability; skill
大腕 wàn star; big shot; celebrity; leading actor; authority (slang)
扼腕 è wàn to wring one's hands (literally wring one's wrists)
铁腕 tiě wàn iron fist (of the state)
脚腕 jiǎo wàn ankle
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Example Sentences
1
He could barely operate his wrist watch.
2
If this occurs a patient can have life-long problems with arthritis of the wrist.
3
A functioning prototype of the wristband technology exists, but it's still too bulky.
4
Just hours afterward, another employee leapt to his death, and one more was rushed to the hospital with slashed wrists.
5
2004
As a fossil hunter, Shubin distinguished himself by leading an expedition to the Arctic in 2004 which uncovered the remains of a fish with a wrist, a creature with part fin, part limb.