Definitions

shù acupoint

Etymology phono-semantic

flesh

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is a traditional Chinese medicine term for an acupuncture point, a specific bodily locus where vital energy gathers. It is a phono-semantic compound combining the flesh radical (ròu), denoting something anatomical, with the phonetic (yú); used exclusively in medical contexts, it refers to nodes along meridians employed in therapies like acupuncture and moxibustion.