肩

肩	U+80A9, 肩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80A9

← 肨
[U+80A8]

CJK Unified Ideographs

肪 →
[U+80AA]

Translingual

Japanese	肩
Simplified	肩
Traditional	肩

Alternative forms

The form differs between traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, and Japanese shinjitai, as depicted at right. These are represented by the same Unicode code point; see Han unification.

Traditional Han: Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 月 + 戶; the body's gate.
Simplified Han: Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 月 + 户.
Japanese: Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 月 + 戸.

Han character

肩 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸月 (HSB) or 戈尸月 (ISB), four-corner 3022₇, composition ⿸戶月 or ⿸户月 or ⿸戸月)

References

KangXi: page 975, character 10

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29299

Dae Jaweon: page 1426, character 21

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2052, character 8

Unihan data for U+80A9

Chinese

trad.		肩
simp. ^#		肩

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 肩

Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)

Liushutong (compiled in Ming)

Small seal script

Transcribed ancient scripts

**Transcribed ancient scripts**
				L06841

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (肩) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
顅	*kʰreːn
掮	ɡren
肩	*keːn
猏	*keːn
菺	*keːn
鵳	*keːn

Etymology

Cognate with Proto-Kam-Sui *k-xiːn¹ (“arm”), Proto-Tai *qeːnᴬ (“arm”) (whence Thai แขน (kɛ̌ɛn, “arm”)) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ
(Chengdu, SP): jian¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): gin¹
Gan (Wiktionary): jien¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiên / kiân
Jin (Wiktionary): jie¹
Min Dong (BUC): giĕng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): keng / kaiⁿ / kuiⁿ / kan / kian
(Teochew, Peng'im): goin¹ / gain¹
Wu (Wiktionary): ji (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jian
  - Wade–Giles: chien¹
  - Yale: jyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
  - Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɛn⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: jian¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gian
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gin¹
  - Yale: gīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: jien¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛn⁴²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: gien´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯en²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiân
  - Hakka Romanization System: gian´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯an²⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: jie¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕie¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: giĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kieŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng
  - Tâi-lô: king
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kefng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangpu): /kɛŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Tong'an)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kaiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kainn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kvay
  - IPA (Tong'an): /kãi⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kuiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kuinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kvuy
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kuĩ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan
  - Tâi-lô: kan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kafn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Tong'an, Jinjiang, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kian
  - Tâi-lô: kian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiefn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Tong'an, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangpu): /kiɛn⁵⁵/

Note:

keng/kaiⁿ/kuiⁿ/kan - vernacular;
kian - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: goin¹ / gain¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: koiⁿ / kaiⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kõĩ³³/, /kãĩ³³/

Note:

goin1 - Chaozhou, Shantou;
gain1 - Jieyang, Chaoyang, Huilai, Puning.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ji (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵³/

Middle Chinese: /ken/

Rime
Character	肩
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古賢切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ken/
Pan Wuyun	/ken/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛn/
Li Rong	/ken/
Wang Li	/kien/
Bernard Karlgren	/kien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gin¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤe[n]/
(Zhengzhang): /*keːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	肩
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiān
Middle Chinese	‹ ken ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁe[n]/
English	shoulder (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	肩
Reading #	1/1
No.	6023
Phonetic component	肩
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	堅
Old Chinese	/*keːn/

Definitions

肩

shoulders
扛兩百斤麥子走十里山路不換肩 [MSC, trad.]
扛两百斤麦子走十里山路不换肩 [MSC, simp.]
From: Xi Jinping
káng liǎng bǎi jīn màizǐ zǒu shílǐ shānlù bù huàn jiān [Pinyin]
Shoulder 100kg of wheat and walk 5km of mountain trail without swapping shoulder.
- 歷史已經證明：中國資產階級是不能盡此責任的，這個責任就不得不落在無產階級的肩上了。 [MSC, trad.]
  历史已经证明：中国资产阶级是不能尽此责任的，这个责任就不得不落在无产阶级的肩上了。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Lìshǐ yǐjīng zhèngmíng: Zhōngguó zīchǎnjiējí shì bùnéng jìn cǐ zérèn de, zhège zérèn jiù bùdébù luòzài wúchǎnjiējí de jiān shàng le. [Pinyin]
  History has proved that the Chinese bourgeoisie cannot fulfil this responsibility, which inevitably falls upon the shoulders of the proletariat.
to shoulder; to undertake; to take on
to bear

Synonyms

(shoulders):

Dialectal synonyms of 肩膀 (“shoulder(s)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		肩
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		肩, 肩膀
Mandarin	Beijing	肩膀兒
	Taiwan	肩膀
	Tianjin	肩膀兒
	Harbin	肩膀兒, 肩頭兒, 肩頭
	Yantai (Muping)	膀子, 肩膀子
	Jinan	肩膀, 肩
	Luoyang	肩膀, 肩膀頭兒, 肩忙頭兒, 膀臂頭
	Wanrong	胛骨, 肩巴
	Xi'an	胛骨, 胛骨頭兒
	Yinchuan	胛子
	Lanzhou	胛子
	Xining	肩膀
	Ürümqi	肩膀子
	Wuhan	肩膀
	Chengdu	肩膀, 膀膀兒, 膀膀, 膀子
	Guiyang	肩膀
	Guilin	肩膀
	Liuzhou	肩膀
	Xuzhou	肩膀頭兒, 肩膀子, 肩膀
	Yangzhou	肩膀, 肩膀拐子
	Nanjing	肩膀, 肩膀頭
	Hefei	肩膀, 肩膀子
	Nantong	肩膀
	Singapore	肩膀
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	膀子, 肩膀子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	膊頭
	Hong Kong	膊頭
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	膊頭
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	肩頭
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	膊頭
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	膊頭
	Macau	膊頭
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	膊頭
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	肩頭
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	肩頭
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	肩頭
	Foshan	膊頭
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	膊頭
	Foshan (Shunde)	膊頭
	Foshan (Sanshui)	膊頭
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	膊頭
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	肩頭
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	肩頭
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	膊頭
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	肩頭
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	肩頭
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	肩頭
	Taishan	肩頭
	Kaiping (Chikan)	肩頭
	Enping (Niujiang)	肩頭
	Heshan (Yayao)	肩頭
	Dongguan	肩頭
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	肩頭
	Qingyuan	膊頭
	Fogang	膊頭
	Yingde (Hanguang)	膊頭
	Yangshan	膊頭
	Lianshan (Butian)	膊頭
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	膊頭
	Shaoguan	膊頭
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	膊頭
	Renhua	間頭膊
	Lechang	肩頭
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	膊頭
	Sihui	膊頭
	Guangning	膊頭
	Deqing	膊頭
	Huaiji	膊頭
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	膊頭
	Yunfu	膊頭
	Xinxing	膊頭
	Luoding	膊頭
	Yunan (Pingtai)	膊頭
	Yangjiang	膊頭
	Xinyi	肩膊
	Maoming (Xinpo)	肩頭
	Lianjiang	膊頭, 肩頭
	Nanning	膊頭
	Wuzhou	膊頭
	Yulin	膊肩
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	膊頭
	Hepu (Shatian)	肩頭
	Guiping	膊頭
	Mengshan (Xihe)	膊頭
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	膊頭
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	膊頭
	Baise	膊頭
	Bobai	膊頭
	Lingshan	膊頭
Pubei	膊頭
Qinzhou	膊頭
Beihai	膊頭
Beihai (Nankang)	膊頭
Beihai (Yingpan)	膊頭
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	膊頭
Ningming	膊頭
Hengxian	膊頭
Hezhou (Pumen)	膊頭
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	膊頭
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	膊頭
Singapore (Guangfu)	膊頭
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	膊頭
Móng Cái	膊頭
Gan	Nanchang	肩膀
	Lichuan	肩頭
	Pingxiang	肩膊
Hakka	Meixian	肩頭, 肩胛
	Xingning	肩頭
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	肩頭
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	肩頭
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	肩頭
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	肩頭
	Huidong (Daling)	肩頭
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	肩頭
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	肩頭
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	肩頭
	Boluo (Bendihua)	肩頭
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	肩頭
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	肩胛
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	肩頭
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	肩頭
	Wuhua (Changbu)	肩胛
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	肩頭
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	肩頭, 肩胛
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	肩頭
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	肩頭
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	肩頭
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	肩頭
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	肩頭
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	肩頭
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	肩頭
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	肩頭
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	肩頭
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	膊頭
	Conghua (Lütian)	肩頭
	Jiexi	肩頭
	Luhe	肩頭
	Changting	肩頭
	Wuping	肩頭
	Wuping (Pingyu)	肩頭
	Liancheng	肩頭
	Ninghua	肩頭
	Yudu	肩
	Ruijin	肩頭
	Shicheng	肩頭
	Shangyou (Shexi)	肩頭
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	肩頭, 肩胛
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	肩頭, 肩胛
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	肩頭, 肩胛
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	肩頭, 肩胛
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	肩頭, 肩胛
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	肩頭, 肩胛
	Hong Kong	肩頭
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	肩膀
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	肩頭
	Mashan (Pianlian)	肩頭
	Sabah (Longchuan)	肩頭
	Senai (Huiyang)	肩頭
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	肩頭
	Singkawang	肩頭
Huizhou	Jixi	肩頭
Jin	Taiyuan	肩膀, 膀子
Jin	Xinzhou	肩膀, 膀子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	肩膀頭
	Songxi	肩膀
	Zhenghe	肩膀
	Jianyang	肩脊頭
	Wuyishan	肩膀
	Pucheng (Shibei)	肩膀頭
Min Dong	Fuzhou	肩頭
	Changle	肩頭
	Fuqing	肩頭
	Yongtai	肩頭
	Gutian	肩頭
	Fu'an	肩頭
	Ningde	肩頭
	Shouning	肩膀頭
	Zhouning	肩膀頭
	Fuding	肩膀頭
	Matsu	肩頭
Min Nan	Xiamen	肩頭, 肩胛頭
	Quanzhou	肩頭, 肩胛頭
	Jinjiang	肩頭
	Yongchun	肩頭
	Zhangzhou	肩頭, 肩胛頭
	Zhao'an	肩脊頭
	Dongshan	肩脊頭
	Taipei	肩胛頭
	Kaohsiung	肩頭
	Yilan	肩胛頭
	Changhua (Lukang)	肩頭
	Taichung	肩胛
	Taichung (Wuqi)	肩胛頭
	Tainan	肩胛頭
	Taitung	肩胛頭
	Hsinchu	肩胛頭
	Penghu (Magong)	肩頭
	Penang (Hokkien)	肩頭
	Singapore (Hokkien)	肩頭
	Manila (Hokkien)	肩頭
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	膊頭
	Chaozhou	肩頭, 肩胛
	Shantou	肩頭, 肩胛
	Shantou (Chenghai)	肩頭, 肩胛
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	肩頭
	Jieyang	肩頭
	Haifeng	肩頭
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	肩
	Singapore (Teochew)	肩, 肩頭
	Leizhou	肩頭, 胛頭, 胛
	Haikou	肩頭, 肩, 胛頭, 胛
Puxian Min	Putian	肩頭, 肩胛頭
Puxian Min	Xianyou	肩胛頭
Min Zhong	Yong'an	肩膀, 肩
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	肩頭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	膊頭
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	肩膀, 膊頭
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	肩膀
Wu	Shanghai	肩胛, 肩膀
	Shanghai (Chongming)	肩家, 肩茄
	Suzhou	肩架
	Danyang	肩頭
	Hangzhou	肩膀
	Ningbo	肩胛頭, 肩胛
	Wenzhou	肩胛頭
	Jinhua	肩頭, 肩圪末頭
Xiang	Changsha	肩膀, 肩胛
	Loudi	肩胛
	Shuangfeng	肩膊, 肩胛
	Quanzhou	肩膀

(to bear):

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Synonyms of 肩

充任 (chōngrèn)
充作 (chōngzuò) (of an unqualified person or thing)
坐投 (Min Nan)
承受 (chéngshòu)
食坐 (Min Nan)
坐斗 (Min Nan)
充當／充当 (chōngdāng)

坐擔／坐担 (Min Nan)
承擔／承担 (chéngdān)
承當／承当 (chéngdāng)
接載／接载 (Min Nan)
擔任／担任 (dānrèn)
擔承／担承 (dānchéng)
擔當／担当 (dāndāng)

擔負／担负 (dānfù)
擔責承／担责承 (Min Nan)
擔領／担领 (Min Nan)
稟受／禀受 (bǐngshòu) (literary)
肩負／肩负 (jiānfù)
負擔／负担 (fùdān)
食擔／食担 (Min Nan)

Compounds

Derived terms from 肩

一肩挑
下一肩
乘肩
五十肩 (wǔshíjiān)
仔肩 (zījiān)
入肩
冷肩膀
切肩
削肩 (xuējiān)
勾肩搭背
卸肩
坎肩 (kǎnjiān)
嫩肩膀
差肩
庾肩吾
彘肩
息肩
披肩 (pījiān)
抬肩
挨肩 (āijiān)
挨肩搭背
挨肩擦背
挨肩擦膀
捱肩擦背
掇肩
接踵摩肩
接踵比肩
摩肩接踵
摩肩擦踵
擦肩
擦肩膀
望其肩背
歙肩
比肩 (bǐjiān)

比肩人
比肩皆是
比肩而事
比肩而立 (bǐjiān'érlì)
溜肩膀 (liūjiānbǎng)
肩上肩下
肩摩
肩摩踵接
肩相比
肩章 (jiānzhāng)
肩背相望
肩胛 (jiānjiǎ)
肩胛骨 (jiānjiǎgǔ)
肩膀 (jiānbǎng)
肩膀窄
肩袖 (jiānxiù)
角肩椿象
路肩 (lùjiān)
踏肩
一肩兒／一肩儿
並肩／并肩 (bìngjiān)
並肩作戰／并肩作战 (bìngjiānzuòzhàn)
並肩前進／并肩前进
並肩而行／并肩而行
亞肩疊背／亚肩叠背
併肩子／并肩子
墊肩／垫肩 (diànjiān)
壓肩疊背／压肩叠背
憑肩／凭肩
扛肩兒的／扛肩儿的
拱肩縮背／拱肩缩背
挨肩兒／挨肩儿 (āijiānr)
挨肩擦臉／挨肩擦脸
挨肩疊背／挨肩叠背

摩肩如雲／摩肩如云
摩肩擊轂／摩肩击毂
擊轂摩肩／击毂摩肩
擔肩／担肩
擦肩而過／擦肩而过 (cājiān'érguò)
望其肩項／望其肩项
比肩繼踵／比肩继踵 (bǐjiānjìzhǒng)
比肩隨踵／比肩随踵
聯肩疊背／联肩叠背
聳肩／耸肩 (sǒngjiān)
肩帶／肩带
肩挑背負／肩挑背负
肩摩轂擊／肩摩毂击
肩擔之家／肩担之家 (jiāndànzhījiā)
肩窩／肩窝 (jiānwō)
肩膀不齊／肩膀不齐
肩膀兒寬／肩膀儿宽
肩負／肩负 (jiānfù)
肩輿／肩舆
肩隨／肩随
肩須拍／肩须拍
肩頭／肩头 (jiāntóu)
脅肩／胁肩
脅肩累足／胁肩累足
脅肩諂笑／胁肩谄笑
脫肩／脱肩
轂擊肩摩／毂击肩摩
過肩摔／过肩摔
雲肩／云肩
駢肩／骈肩
駢肩累足／骈肩累足
駢肩累跡／骈肩累迹
駢肩累踵／骈肩累踵
駢肩雜遝／骈肩杂遝

References

“肩”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	肩
Kyūjitai [1]	肩󠄁 肩+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	肩󠄃 肩+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

肩

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

shoulder

Readings

Go-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
Kan-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
Kun: かた (kata, 肩, Jōyō)

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term
肩
かた Grade: S
kun’yomi

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) かた [káꜜtà] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3][4][5]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ta̠]

Noun

肩(かた) • (kata)

a shoulder
- 2013 April 7 [Dec 9 2012], ONE; Murata, Yusuke, “３(さん)撃(げき)目(め)　災(さい)害(がい)存(そん)在(ざい) [3rd Hit: Existential Crisis]”, in ONEPUNCH-MAN(【ワンパンマン】) [One-Punch Man], volume 1 (fiction), 6th edition, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 53:
  肩(かた)！肩(かた)に　肩(かた)に乗(の)ってる奴(やつ)を殺(ころ)せ‼
  Kata! Kata ni Kata ni notteru yatsu o korose‼
  Shoulder! Your shoulder! Kill the bastard on your shoulder!!

References

“肩”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023
1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 肩 (MC ken). Recorded as Middle Korean 견 (kyen) (Yale: kyen) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource肩 (eumhun 어깨 견 (eokkae gyeon))

Hanja form^? of 견 (“shoulder”).

Compounds

비견 (比肩, bigyeon)
견장 (肩章, gyeonjang)
견골 (肩骨, gyeon'gol)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

[1] “肩”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023

[SMK2-2] 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō

[SMK5-3] 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-4] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-5] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN