Definitions
(noun)
meat; flesh
(noun)
pulp (of fruit)
(adjective)
flabby; soft
Etymology
Pictograph of a piece of meat.
About
The character 肉 is a pictograph originally depicting a cut of animal flesh, with internal lines indicating muscle texture or ribs. It independently means "meat", often referring to pork in culinary contexts, and serves as a key radical in characters related to the body, organs, and anatomy. When used as a radical on the left or bottom of a character, it typically becomes 月, visually resembling the moon radical but denoting flesh or body parts.
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我喜欢吃肉。
猪肉比鸡肉贵。
妈妈买了新鲜的牛肉。
弟弟不喜欢吃肥肉。
这个餐厅的烤肉非常有名。
为了健康，他减少了吃红肉。
这道菜需要把肉切成薄片。
从生物学角度讲，肌肉组织是动物肉的主要组成部分。