肩甲骨

Japanese

Kanji in this term
肩	甲	骨
けん Grade: S	こう Grade: S	こつ Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

From Sinitic 肩胛骨.

Noun

肩甲骨 (hiragana けんこうこつ, rōmaji kenkōkotsu)

(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 甲 instead of 胛.

Alternative forms

肩胛骨 (けんこうこつ) (kenkōkotsu)

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