肉

ròu

r+òu·4th tone

meat · flesh

Radical: 肉 Strokes: 6 HSK 1

Structure: Single componentFrequency: Common

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Character Decomposition

肉=冂+仌

Etymology

Meat on the ribs of an animal

Meanings

meat

flesh

pulp (of a fruit)

(coll.) (of a fruit) squashy

(of a person) flabby

irresolute

Kangxi radical 130

ròu

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Words with 肉 458 total

meat that has been cured and air-dried in the cold (esp. during the 12th lunar month)腊肉là ròu blood relation · kin · one's flesh and blood骨肉gǔ ròu skin and flesh; the physical body · (fig.) the superficial layer; surface aspects皮肉pí ròu pterygium (medicine)胬肉nǔ ròu