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肩胛骨

肩胛骨

Chinese

shoulder bone
simp. and trad.
(肩胛骨)
肩胛

Noun

肩胛骨

  1. (anatomy) shoulder blade; scapula

Japanese

Kanji in this term
けん
Grade: S
こう
Hyōgaiji
こつ
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Noun

肩胛骨 (hiragana けんこうこつ, romaji kenkōkotsu)

  1. 肩甲骨: (anatomy) shoulder blade, scapula

Usage notes

This was originally written as 肩胛骨. The more common modern spelling 肩甲骨 uses the slightly simpler character instead of .