膀 bǎng shoulder
shoulder; upper arm; wing
How to remember 膀: 月 meat + 旁 side = shoulder. The chef points to the meat on the left side of the counter and orders the shoulder for tonight's soup.
Component breakdown
膀 = 月 meat + 旁 side
- 月 meat
- 旁 side
- offering stand
- 方 direction
The chef points to the meat on the left side of the counter and orders the shoulder for tonight's soup.
How it is used
- 膀 read bǎng means shoulder or wing, and is bound - always in a two-character word.
- 肩膀 jiānbǎng is the everyday word for 'shoulder' (the body part), while 翅膀 chìbǎng is 'wing' (of a bird or plane).
- Note the character is polyphonic: as páng it appears in 膀胱 (pángguāng) 'bladder' - a completely different, medical sense, so don't read it bǎng there.