Memory phrase for the Kanji: 肉
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肉 |
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Meaning
| meat, flesh
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Pronunciation |
NIKU
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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) |
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The inside of a person is flesh. (Or easier: Image of marbled meat.)
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Radicals
肉
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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
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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
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inside | |
冂
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encover | |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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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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