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肉
JLPT N4 SL2 6 strokes Frequency: #986

Meanings

Meat

Radicals

肉

Decomposition

βΏ»ε†‚δ»Œ

Etymology

Pictographic: Meat on the ribs of an animal

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 6

Stroke Order

1 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
2 hook bottom-to-top
3 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
4 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
5 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
6 dot top-left-to-bottom-right
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ニク niku
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
しし shishi

Words Using This Kanji

277 words total
Other (20 words)
干し肉 ほしにく

dried meat

血肉 あかにく

red meat

バラ肉 ばらにく

boneless rib (esp. of pork or beef)

受肉 γ˜γ‚…γ«γ

Incarnation (of Christ)

ιͺ¨θ‚‰η›Έι£Ÿ こ぀にくそうしょく

blood feud

反間苦肉 はんかんくにく

stratagem for causing a rift in the enemy camp by using a seditious plot

θ‚‰ι£Ÿε¦»εΈ― γ«γγ˜γγ•γ„γŸγ„

meat and matrimony (Buddhism)

肉球 にくきゅう

(sole of the) paw

肉便器 にくべんき

promiscuous woman

θ‚‰θŒŽ にっけい

peduncle

鹿肉 しかにく

venison

θ‚‰ι£Ÿι³₯ にくしょくけょう

carnivorous bird

θ‚‰ι£Ÿε‹•η‰© にくしょくどうぢ぀

carnivore

撅肉 ばいにく

shredded dried plum

ι£Ÿθ‚‰θ§£δ½“ γ—γ‚‡γγ«γγ‹γ„γŸγ„

butchery

θ‚‰εž‚γ‚Œ γ«γγ γ‚Œ

wattle (of a bird's neck)

筋肉硄織 きんにくそしき

muscle tissue

η­‹θ‚‰η΄°θƒž きんにくさいぼう

muscle cell

θ‚‰ζœˆ にくγ₯き

kanji "meat" radical at left (looks like "moon" radical, radical 74)

ζžœθ‚‰ かにく

flesh (of a fruit)