Chinese Character Wiki
肉

ròu

meat

Pictograph of a piece of meat.

Evolution

肉 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
肉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
肉 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
肉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

肉  

ròu

flesh; meat; KangXi radical 130; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130

Most common words with 肉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

肉

meat

肌肉

muscle

牛肉

beef

猪肉

pork

鸡肉

chicken meat

Component uses

Meaning component in 4 characters (1 verified)

腐 脔 臠 胬

Iconic component in 5 characters (5 verified)

有 多 将 將 骨

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

瘸

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*k.nuk

nyuwk

ròu

meat, flesh


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 46.2918% of movies

827th most common character in movies

1009th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+8089

Shuowen

“肉，胾肉。象形。”


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