Pictographic: A arm carrying an object 寸 at the side of the body ⺼Radical:

meaning for zhǒu:

  • - elbow
  • - pork shoulder(lit.) to hold sb by the elbow
  • - (fig.) to hold back
  • - to impede
  • - to handicaplit. armpit
  • - elbow and armpit
  • - fig. right up close (to a disaster)
  • - in one's backyard
  • - on one's doorsteplit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom)
  • - strapped for cash
  • - unable to make ends meetelbow pad
  • - elbow supportelbow