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Mythic Mandarin

膀子 (bǎng zi): meaning and stroke order

膀子 (bǎng zi) means upper arm, arm, wing.

膀子

Simplified
膀子
Traditional
膀子 (same form)
Pinyin
bǎng zi

Stroke order of 膀子

膀

  • bǎng upper arm; wing
  • bàng used in 吊膀子[diao4 bang4 zi5]
  • pāng puffed (swollen)
  • 14 strokes
  • Traditional form: 髈

Stroke by stroke

子

  • zǐ son; child
  • zi noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"
  • 3 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 膀子

  1. bǎng zi
    • upper arm
    • arm
    • wing

Radicals of the characters

膀
Radical 肉 (Kangxi radical 130) · 14 strokes · 月 on the left, 旁 on the right
子
Radical 子 (Kangxi radical 39) · 3 strokes · built from 了 and 一

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

膀子 in our stories

Preview version — Chinese review in progress.

  • 那时候他们穷得连空调都装不起，夏天光着膀子写程序，饿了就泡一碗方便面分着吃。

    nà shíhou tāmen qióng de lián kōngtiáo dōu zhuāng bù qǐ xiàtiān guāng zhe bǎngzi xiě chéngxù è le jiù pào yì wǎn fāngbiànmiàn fēn zhe chī

    Back then they were too poor even for air conditioning. In summer they coded shirtless, and when they were hungry they shared a bowl of instant noodles.

    From the story The day he rang the bell HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 膀子

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).