Read Edit View history 悬肘 xuánzhǒu to raise the elbow Origin Definitions Defs 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 xuánwàn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
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 xuánwàn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)