肢

zhī
#2,330 most
frequent character
limb

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

肢 zhī has 月 meat as its meaning part. 支 zhī means 'branch; limb' and also supplies the sound. The first meaning is 'arms and legs', matching both the body part and the limb idea.

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Homophones

HSK 4
之zhī
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)
HSK 5
支zhī
to support, to sustain, to erect
HSK 6
枝zhī
branch, classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
织zhī
knit, weave
氏zhī
see 月氏[Yue4 zhi1] and 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1]
知zhī
to know, to be aware

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