肩膀 (jiān bǎng)

Character breakdown

• 肩 (jiān) · 8 strokes

  Originally a pictograph of a shoulder. Later the ⺼ (flesh) component was added.

• 膀 (bǎng) · 14 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 旁 represents the sound.