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肢

cjk unified ideograph-80a2

Limb

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In Chinese, 肢 means a limb, usually inside a compound word. Japanese also uses it in 選択肢 for an answer choice.

Text symbol

What 肢 means

A limb, usually in a compound.

《說文解字》, an early Chinese character dictionary, records 胑 for the body's four limbs and 肢 as a variant with 支 replacing 只. 肉 marks the body; 支 supplies sound.

When should you use 肢?

Use it for limbs; Japanese also uses it for choices.

Chinese uses 四肢, 肢体, 上肢 and 下肢; 手脚 is more casual. In Japanese, 選択肢 means an answer choice.

Who writes 肢

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Don't confuse it with

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Combination ideas

3
all four limbs
upper or lower limbs in anatomical terms
an answer choice in Japanese

Questions people ask

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Why does 肢 show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

Collections with 肢

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How to type or find 肢

Search it as
肢 meaning · 肢 Chinese · 肢 Japanese · limb character · 四肢 · 肢体 · 上肢 · 下肢
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 80A2, then AltX to get 肢.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “cjk unified ideograph-80a2”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 80a2, then Enter or Space.
HTML
肢
CSS
\80A2
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
肢
HTML hex
肢
CSS content
content: "\80A2";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E8%82%A2
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On screen
1
Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

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Chinese characters99,354 symbols

Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols