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膪 is a phono-semantic compound: the semantic radical 肉 (the 'flesh' radical, written as 月 when placed on the left) indicates its connection to flesh or the physical body, while the right-hand component 啻 (chì) provides the pronunciation. The character refers to the soft, fatty flesh, the flabby meat, found on an animal's belly, typically a pig. It appears mainly in the vernacular compound 囊膪 (nāngchuài), which describes this cut of pork and, by extension, any loose, flabby flesh. A precise culinary and anatomical term, it demonstrates how the flesh radical is used to categorize different parts of an animal's body.
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