肉

• ⺼ U+2EBC (when used as a left Chinese radical in compositions)

The left component form ⺼looks very similar to ⺝, the left radical form of 月 (“moon”), and is often drawn identically in compounds, though they are etymologically distinct, and careful usage distinguishes the cross strokes, with ⺼ written with unattached diagonal strokes. This is particularly an issue in looking up characters by radical; compare 月 index and 肉 index.

The radical form ⺼ may also appear twisted to a diagonal, resembling 夕 with an added line, as in 祭, 然, and 將.

肉 (radical 130, 肉+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人月人 (OBO), four-corner 4022₇, composition ⿵内人)

1. Kangxi radical #130, ⾁.

• Index:Chinese radical/肉
• 將 (top right component)
• 祭 (top left component)

• KangXi: page 973, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29236
• Dae Jaweon: page 1424, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 2931, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8089

Historical forms of the character 肉
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)	Libian (compiled in Qing)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu Slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts	Clerical script

Pictogram (象形) – ribs of an animal’s torso.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nja-k (“meat, flesh”).

肉

1. meat; flesh

   豬肉 / 猪肉  ―  zhūròu  ―  pork

   牛肉  ―  niúròu  ―  beef

   我從不吃肉。 / 我从不吃肉。  ―  Wǒ cóngbù chī ròu.  ―  I never eat meat.

   • 這種魚的肉異常鮮美。 [MSC, trad.]
     这种鱼的肉异常鲜美。 [MSC, simp.]

     Zhè zhǒng yú de ròu yìcháng xiānměi. [Pinyin]

     The flesh of this kind of fish has exceptional delicacy.

   • 他們可以飽餐一頓這些死動物的肉。 [MSC, trad.]
     他们可以饱餐一顿这些死动物的肉。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tāmen kěyǐ bǎocānyīdùn zhèxiē sǐ dòngwù de ròu. [Pinyin]

     They could feast on the flesh of the dead animals.

   • 斷竹，續竹，飛土，逐宍 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     断竹，续竹，飞土，逐宍 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 彈歌

     duàn zhú, xù zhú, fēi tǔ, zhú ròu [Pinyin]

     cut the bamboo, tie the bamboo [weapon], let fly the mud [bullets], pursue the meat

2. (specifically) pork

   肉三鮮的餃子 / 肉三鲜的饺子  ―  ròusānxiān de jiǎozi  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)

   蒜薹炒肉  ―  suàntái chǎo ròu  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)

3. body

   肉體 / 肉体  ―  ròutǐ  ―  physical body

4. flesh; pulp

   • 這桃子肉味甜汁多。 [MSC, trad.]
     这桃子肉味甜汁多。 [MSC, simp.]

     Zhè táozǐ ròu wèi tián zhī duō. [Pinyin]

     The flesh of the peach was sweet and juicy.

5. (dialectal) spongy; squashy; flabby

   • 這西瓜瓤兒太肉了。 [MSC, trad.]
     这西瓜瓤儿太肉了。 [MSC, simp.]

     Zhè xīguā rángr tài ròu le. [Pinyin]

     The pulp of this watermelon is too spongy.

6. (dialectal) slow; sluggish
   • 這個人做事真肉。 / 这个人做事真肉。  ―  Zhè ge rén zuòshì zhēn ròu.  ―  This person does everything sluggishly.

Unclear. Reminiscent of 脢 (OC *mɯːs, *mɯː, *mɯːs, “dorsal meat”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Alternatively, it may be of substrate origin. Compare (Deng, 1994):

• Proto-Austronesian *SimaR (“grease; oil; fat”) > Amis simal;
• Proto-Tai *manᴬ (“grease; fat”) > Thai มัน (man);
• Malay gemuk (“fat”, adjective);
• Bunun masmuh (“fat”, adjective);
• Tsat maʔ˥˧ (“fat”, adjective).

肉

(Min Nan)

1. meat; flesh

   豬肉 / 猪肉 [Min Nan]  ―  ti-bah [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  pork

   牛肉 [Min Nan]  ―  gû-bah [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  beef

2. pork

   肉骨 [Min Nan]  ―  bah-kut [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  pork ribs

3. flesh; pulp

   龍眼乾肉 / 龙眼干肉 [Min Nan]  ―  lêng-géng-koaⁿ bah [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  flesh of dried longan

4. main part of an object

   刀肉 [Min Nan]  ―  to-bah [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  blade of a knife or sword

• “Entry #2607”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. flesh, meat

• Go-on: にく (niku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: じく (jiku)
• Kun: しし (shishi, 肉)

From Old Japanese. Not used in isolation in modern Japanese. Persists in compounds.

Cognate with 獣 (shishi, “beast, especially one used for meat”).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) し​し [shíꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [ɕiɕi]

肉 (hiragana しし, rōmaji shishi)

1. (obsolete) meat
2. (obsolete) flesh, as of one's body
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 16, poem 3885); text here:

     吾完者 御奈麻須波夜志

     我が肉は み膾はやし

     わ が しし は みなます はやし

     wa ga shishi wa mi-namasu hayashi

     use my flesh for your side-dish

From Middle Chinese 肉 (*njiuk). Compare modern Min Nan 肉 (jiok⁸) or Hakka 肉 (ngiuk⁷).

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) にく​ [nìkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ikɯ̟ᵝ]

肉 (hiragana にく, rōmaji niku)

1. meat, the muscle and fat tissue of an animal used as food
2. the flesh of an animal
3. the flesh of a fruit or vegetable
4. one's body, as opposed to spirit
5. the thickness of a thing

   板 (いた)の肉 (にく)

   ita no niku

   the thickness of a board

6. (figuratively) the flesh or meat of something, such as an idea, structure, or argument

   議 (ぎ)論 (ろん)に肉 (にく)をつける

   giron ni niku o tsukeru

   to put some meat on an argument, to flesh out an argument

7. an ink pad, a stamp pad
8. (theater, kabuki) short for 肉襦袢 (niku juban): flesh-toned undergarments worn by actors and shown when the character has to display their skin

• (fruit or vegetable flesh): 実 (み) (mi)
• (body): 肉体 (にくたい) (nikutai)
• (thickness): 厚 (あつ)さ (atsusa), 太 (ふと)さ (futosa)
• (ink pad): 印肉 (いんにく) (inniku)

肉 • (yuk, yu) (hangeul 육, 유)

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肉 (nhục)

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