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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N4

986 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: meat

Kunyomi: しし

Onyomi: ニク

肉

Radical

Radical: 肉

Reading: にく

Meaning: meat

Strokes: 6

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Examples

Examples with audio

肉屋(にくや)   butcher [n.]

肉食(にくしょく)   meat-eating, carnivorous

肉体(にくたい)   body, flesh

肉親(にくしん)   blood relative

肉眼(にくがん)   naked eye

肉筆(にくひつ)   one's own handwriting

皮肉(ひにく)   cynicism, sarcasm, irony, satire

牛肉(ぎゅうにく)   beef

豚肉(ぶたにく)   pork

鳥肉(とりにく)   chicken meat

筋肉(きんにく)   muscle, sinew

挽き肉(ひきにく)   minced, ground meat

Onyomi Examples

肉 (ニク) flesh, meat, flesh (of a fruit), pulp, the physical body (as opposed to the spirit), flesh, thickness, content, substance, flesh, ink pad

肉親 (ニクシン) blood relationship, blood relative

食肉 (ショクニク) meat (for consumption)

中肉 (チュウニク) medium build, meat of medium quality

Kunyomi Examples

肉 (しし) flesh (esp. of an animal), meat

肉合い (ししあい) fleshiness, plumpness

鹿 (かのしし) venison, deer

脯 (ほしし) dried meat, jerky

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