肉

meat

6 strokes. Taught in grade 2. Newspaper frequency rank 986.

Readings

• ニク (on reading): 肉 (にく) meat; 焼肉 (やきにく) yakiniku
• しし (kun reading): 太り肉 (ふとりじし) corpulent; 肉合い (ししあい) fleshiness

Components

• 人 radical person
• 冂 radical open box, upside down
• 肉 radical meat

Kanji containing 肉

• 腐 rot
• 臠 witness

Words using 肉

• 肉 (にく) meat
• 焼肉 (やきにく) yakiniku
• 筋肉 (きんにく) muscle
• 肉体 (にくたい) the body
• 鶏肉 (とりにく) chicken meat
• 太り肉 (ふとりじし) corpulent
• 肉合い (ししあい) fleshiness
• 肉醤 (ししびしお) salted and fermented meat or fish
• 痩せ肉 (やせじし) emaciation
• 肉叢 (ししむら) piece of meat
• 回鍋肉 (ホイコーロー) twice cooked pork (Szechuan dish)
• 青椒肉絲 (チンジャオロース) Chinese-style stir-fry containing green peppers and meat
• 魯肉飯 (ルーローハン) minced pork rice
• 東坡肉 (トンポーロー) Dongpo pork
• 雲白肉 (ウンパイロー) dish of spicy boiled pork, usu. served with slices of cucumber

349 words in all.

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