肉

音読おんよみ: ニク

訓読くんよみ: しし

画数かくすう: 6

部首ぶしゅ: Self

Meaning

Meat / Flesh / Muscle

  • 豚肉ぶたにく — pork
  • 鶏肉とりにく — chicken meat
  • 牛肉ぎゅうにく — beef
  • 焼肉やきにく — grilled meat; barbecue
  • 筋肉きんにく — muscle
  • 肉親にくしん — blood relative; close family

“肉” originally depicted a piece of flesh or meat. Over time, it came to represent physical substance — food, muscles, and even close human relationships, as seen in words like 肉親.

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