肘 means “elbow”

ひじ · hiji

Also: arm

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ひじ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

チュウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 7 strokes

The story

Flesh (月) and 寸, a hand with a dot where the pulse beats: the joint that bends the arm. 肘 is the elbow: 肘をつく, propping your elbows on the table, is bad manners at a Japanese meal, and a 肘掛け is an armrest.

Used in 肘 (hiji, elbow), 肘掛け (hijikake, armrest), and 肘打ち (hijiuchi, elbow strike)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.