肉 — kanji meaning “meat”
肉
meat
- Meanings
- meat
- On'yomi
- ニク (niku)
- Kun'yomi
- しし
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- 2
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #986 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 130
- Chinese reading
- ròu — Chinese character page
Words with 肉
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 筋肉 | きんにく kinniku | muscle |
| 肉体 | にくたい nikutai | the body; the flesh; the outer man |
| 皮肉 | ひにく hiniku | irony; sarcasm; cynicism |
| 牛肉 | ぎゅうにく gyuuniku | beef |
| 焼肉 | やきにく yakiniku | yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue |
| 豚肉 | ぶたにく butaniku | pork |
| 肉食 | にくしょく nikushoku | meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet |
| 肉親 | にくしん nikushin | blood relationship; blood relative |
| 肉眼 | にくがん nikugan | naked eye |
| 鶏肉 | とりにく toriniku | chicken meat |
| 肉屋 | にくや nikuya | butcher's shop; butcher; meat shop |
| 食肉 | しょくにく shokuniku | meat (for consumption) |
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