肉 – meat

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The kanji 肉 means meat. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ニク (niku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is しし (shishi). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 肉 (no. 130).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ニク	niku
Kun’yomi	しし	shishi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 肉 (Kangxi radical 130). Components: 冂・人.

Words using 肉

肉にくflesh牛肉ぎゅうにくbeef鶏肉とりにくchicken meat豚肉ぶたにくpork筋肉きんにくmuscle皮肉ひにくirony肉親にくしんblood relationship肉体にくたいthe body

Example sentences

その動物は肉を常食としている。

That animal feeds on flesh.

Tatoeba #207446

その魚と肉を冷凍してください。

Please freeze the fish and meat.

Tatoeba #211437

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.

Tatoeba #122994

Kanji with the same radical

能育脳背脱臓肝胸腕脅肩腐脚腹膨腰

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