muscle tissue

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
⺼ meaning component

  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

几 sound component

  Sound component

  

small table

Evolution

肌 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
肌 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

muscle tissue; meat on bones; flesh; muscle

Most common words with 肌
Freq.
Word
Meaning

肌肉

muscle

flesh

肌肤

skin

心肌

myocardium

腹肌

abdominal muscle