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Kanji Detail for 肉 - "meat, body, substance"

肉

  • Meaning

    肉 means "meat, body, substance."

    1. Meat - Flesh of birds and animals.

    2. Body - The human body; skin; flesh.

    3. To gain weight - To put on flesh.

    4. Voice - Singing voice.

    5. Edible meat - Food meat.

    6. Thickness - The thickness or width of objects.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    meat

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    flesh; meat; Kangxi radical 130

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    meat; flesh

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The soft and resilient substance in human and animal bodies. What envelops the bones. Composed of protein. Now calling relatives 骨肉 (flesh and blood). Meaning divided from one body. | The human shell is called 肉. Such as 肉刑 (corporal punishment), 肉慾 (carnal desire). Both refer to the external human body. Hence the unlearned are called 行尸走肉 (walking corpse and moving flesh). Seen in (Records of Gleanings). Meaning having only a shell without spirit. | Animal flesh that can be eaten. (Mencius) "The kitchen has fat meat." Calling the wealthy 肉食 (meat-eaters). Based on (Zuo Zhuan). Bullying others with power is called 魚肉 (treat as fish and meat). Meaning cutting them up with knife and chopping board. Such as saying 魚肉鄉里 (oppress the villagers) and such. | The body of a jade disc is called 肉. Seen in (Erya).
  • Onyomitip

    jiku(じく) じく

    niku(にく) にく

  • Kunyomitip

    shishi(しし) しし

  • Strokestip

    6 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    肉 月 (niku・nikuzuki)

  • Related Keywords
    meat flesh body physical substance muscle protein food nourishment robust strong healthy vital thick substantial bodily corporeal tangible solid hearty

Sentences including 肉

  • Meat or fish?

  • Beef , please.

  • I never eat meat.

  • Would you like meat or fish?

  • Please tell me why you don't eat meat.

  • Pork doesn't agree with me.

  • This pork is a bit off.

  • The dog didn't eat the meat.

  • I don't want meat.

  • Which do you like better , meat or fish?

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