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limb

is composed of the BuShou of (flesh, meat) and (support, division) . is the picture of a hand holding a bamboo branch, which means supporting and branching out. Human body is composed of flesh, so means the branches of the body.

Vocabulary of 肢

  • 上肢 (upper limbs)
  • 肢解 (dismember)
  • 義肢 (prosthesis)

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