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悬肘
xuán​zhǒu

to raise the elbow

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
悬肘 懸肘 xuán//zhǒu
to raise the elbow
To keep the wrist and elbow raised off the table while writing calligraphy to allow for greater flexibility; mainly used for large characters or cursive styles.

Frequency

Written text
0.006 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 悬腕 xuán​wàn

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)