肉
肉 — Meat
meat
On’yomiニク (niku)
Kun’yomiしし (shishi)
Stroke order (6 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 肉
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肉 | にく niku | flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit) |
| 牛肉 | ぎゅうにく gyuuniku | beef |
| 筋肉 | きんにく kinniku | muscle |
| 肉親 | にくしん nikushin | blood relationship; blood relative |
| 肉体 | にくたい nikutai | the body; the flesh; the outer man |
| 皮肉 | ひにく hiniku | irony; sarcasm; cynicism |
Study notes
肉 is a JLPT N4 kanji written with 6 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 2), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #986 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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