meat

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph in oracle-bone script depicting the sinews and muscle fibers of an animal; it was later simplified into a grid-like pattern of vertical strokes in seal script.

Mnemonic: The parallel vertical strokes resemble the muscle fibers and sinews inside an animal's body.

• 肊yì🔊

  variant of 臆[yi4]

  5 strokes

• 肉ròu🔊

  meat

  HSK 1

  6 strokes

• 肌jī🔊

  (bound form) flesh; muscle

  6 strokes

• 肋lèi🔊

  (bound form) rib

  6 strokes