Onyomi: ワン · Kunyomi: うで · Meanings: ability, arm, talent
Kanji for ability, arm, talent
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腕 is made from the body radical 月 and the component 宛. 月 here refers to a part of the body. 宛 gives the sound and the idea of something curved or directed. An arm bends and curves as it moves and reaches toward things. From this body part that bends and works, 腕 came to mean arm or ability.
腕 is the bending body part used to reach and work.
Picture your arm (月) bending as you reach out to grab something, curving naturally as it moves. That bending arm is 腕.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 腕 | うで | arm | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 腕 | かいな | arm | Noun |
| 腕前 | うでまえ | ability, skill, facility | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 腕時計 | うでどけい | wristwatch, watch | common Noun |
| 腕立て伏せ | うでたてふせ | push-up (exercise), press-up | Noun |
| 腕白 | わんぱく | naughty, mischievous, unruly | common Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun |
| 腕力 | わんりょく | strength in one's arms, physical strength, muscular strength | common Noun |
| 腕組み | うでぐみ | folding one's arms | Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 腕利き | うできき | highly skilled, skillful, very capable, competent, able | Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 腕白小僧 | わんぱくこぞう | naughty boy, mischievous boy, little rascal, brat | Noun |