Memory phrase for the Kanji: 肉

肉

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Meaning meat, flesh

Pronunciation

NIKU

Explanation

Top: inside 内, person 人 - Or: twice 人[=rips], around 冂 which the meat is. (As a radical simplified to: 月, which looks equal as the radical for month/moon)

Mnemonic

The inside of a person is flesh. (Or easier: Image of marbled meat.)

Radicals

肉	body part, meat	The radical niku* is typically at the left side of a composition and drawn as: 月, which looks equal to: "moon, month 月" but has the meaning 'body part'.*
月	month	The radical tsuki stands for moon or month when used at the right side of a character. However the radical niku 肉 that stands for body or body-part is in many cases simplified to 月 and thus looks equal as "moon".
内	inside	A person 人 under a cover 冂 is: inside.
冂	encover

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Vocabulary

肉	にく	meat
牛肉	ぎゅうにく	beef
鳥肉	とりにく	chicken meat
筋肉	きんにく	muscle, sinew
肉親	にくしん	blood relationship, blood relative
皮肉	ひにく	cynicism, sarcasm
肉体	にくたい	the body, the flesh
豚肉	ぶたにく	pork

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