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肉
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meat

HSK 1 N3
Objects →Food
ròu
ニク
しし
육, 유
Pictograph of a piece of meat.
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
肉
Regular
Modern
Chinese
肉 [ròu]
meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130
Japanese
肉 にく 同音

noun

  1. flesh
  2. meat
  3. flesh (of a fruit); pulp
  4. the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh
  5. thickness
  6. content; substance; flesh
  7. ink pad
肉 、 宍 しし 同音
noun flesh (esp. of an animal); meat
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (3)
その動物は肉を常食としている。
That animal feeds on flesh.
その魚と肉を冷凍してください。
Please freeze the fish and meat.
肉によって生まれたものは肉です。御霊によって生まれたものは霊です。
Flesh gives birth to flesh, Spirit gives birth to Spirit.
CHINESE WORDS (200)
肌肉 [jī​ròu] #2,911
muscle
牛肉 [niú​ròu] #3,832
beef
猪肉 [zhū​ròu] #6,779
pork
猪肉 [zhū​ròu] #6,779
pork
鸡肉 [jī​ròu] #4,053
chicken meat
鸡肉 [jī​ròu] #4,053
chicken meat
肉体 [ròu​tǐ] #5,459
physical body
肉体 [ròu​tǐ] #5,459
physical body
烤肉 [kǎo​ròu] #5,877
barbecue (lit. roast meat)
羊肉 [yáng​ròu] #14,107
mutton
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 肉体 [にくたい] #3,105
the body
⭐ 皮肉 [ひにく] #3,518
irony
⭐ 豆 [まめ] #6,162
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses)
⭐ 鹿 [しか] #6,474
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon)
⭐ 肉体的 [にくたいてき] #7,829
bodily
⭐ 肉親 [にくしん] #13,151
blood relationship
肉棒 [にくぼう] #13,822
dick
肉塊 [にくかい] #14,539
lump of meat
肉片 [にくへん] #15,475
piece of meat
⭐ 鶏肉 [とりにく] #16,369
chicken meat
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KOREAN WORDS (23)
근육 #14,098
muscle
육체 #32,988
body
과육
pulp
근육질
muscularity
근육통
muscular pain
수肉
suyuk; boiled pork slices
약육강식
law of the jungle; the weak becoming prey to the strong
어육
fish; fish meat
육류
meat; poultry
육박
closing in
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