The Chinese Radical: 肉


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Meaning
meat    肉

Explanation and body parts

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
to have, there is, there are, to exist, to be
yǒu
Top left: hand / (The fingers are left and at the right the forearm.), below: body /
I have a hand and a body: I'm existing!
JLPT HSK 1
talent, ability, capability
néng
Left: nose , body /, right: claws /
(In dog breeding:) Nose, body and claws prove talent.
JLPT HSK 1
moon, month
yuè
The radical means moon or month. (The hanzi for meat/flesh as a radical is typically simplified to this )
Image of an ascending moon
JLPT HSK 1
clothes, dress, to take (medicine)

From left: body /, bent person , hand
The (naked) body bends down with the hand for the clothes.
JLPT HSK 1
brain, mind, head, essence
nǎo
Left: bodypart /, right: "trash can" (cover and fierce = container with dreadful inside)
The body part that is in a covered container is: the brain.
JLPT HSK 1
friends
péng
Twice body /
Both bodies next to each other are friends.
JLPT HSK 2
correct, right so, thus, like this, -ly
rán
Top: dog meat 肰 (body /, dog ), below: fire [ = The big man holds in his arms: a dog ]
(Dog meat is often chewy) The meat of a dog must be correctly over the fire: so it will be right and correct, thus ...
JLPT HSK 2
meat, flesh
ròu
As a radical often simplified as: - To show the difference to moon/month , the Hanzi-Trainer uses this radical when the meaning is: body or body-part.
Pictogram: Meat hanging down in a frame.
JLPT HSK 2
to expect, to hope, to visit, to gaze (into the distance)
wàng
Top: death (coffin in cross-section), body /, bottom: king
The dead body of the king goes with our expectations.
JLPT HSK 3
to give birth, to raise, to educate

Top: new born baby (character for child turned upside down: the baby's head comes first), below: body /
The new born baby has a body, that is born and needs to be raised.
JLPT HSK 3
face, prestige
liǎn
Left: body part /, right: together (A person as one is with three ツ: together.)
The body part that is important when coming together, is the face.
JLPT HSK 3
foot, leg, base
jiǎo, jué
Left: body part /, right: retreat 却 (Leaving in a bowed position is a retreat.) [to leave = Below ground is the nose that has left.]
The body part for making a retreat [= the leaving in a bowed position] is: the foot.
JLPT HSK 3
leg, lower extremities
tuǐ
退
Left: body part /, right: retreat 退 (The movement is not good if it is a retreat.)
The part of the body that can be retreated is the leg.
JLPT HSK 3
bear, raging flames
xióng
Top: talent, ability 能 (nose , body / and claws prove talent.), bottom: four legs
The 'talent' on four legs is the bear.
JLPT HSK 3
fat, plump
pàng
Left: body part /, right: half (A knife cuts a birthday cake with candles in half.)
If your body could be halved, you are too fat.
JLPT HSK 4
to agree, to consent, willing
kěn
Top: stop (footprint of a right foot that stops at a line .), below: body /
(Consent of vegetarians:) The stop (from consumption) of meat meets our agreement.
JLPT HSK 4
strip off, to shed, get rid of, get away from
tuō
Left: body /, right: money transfer (Going out from my elder brother money transactions take place) [ = the big mouth on feet]
(He raises his arms while stripping off his shirt. And I see:) the body of my older brother with raised arms, who is undressing.
JLPT HSK 4
eat, meal
cān
Top: 歺 (Variation of meat / with a fork ), hand , bottom: food
Take the meat with the fork in your hand to eat it.
JLPT HSK 4
fat, fertile, loose-fitting or large, manure
féi
Left: body /, right: hope (Behind the doorknob you may hope.)
The body may hope, that it becomes fat and fertile.
JLPT HSK 4
dirty, filthy, viscera
zāng, zàng
Left: body /, right: farmstead (building 广 at the earth )
Your body at a farmstead gets: dirty.
JLPT HSK 4
skin

Left: body part /, right: husband (here: person & two for several layers)
The body part that a person has in several layers is: the skin.
JLPT HSK 4
stomach, abdomen, tripe, belly
dǔ, dù
Left: body part /, right: earth
The part of the body (or viscera), which (in cattle) is located at the bottom (= near the ground), is the stomach.
JLPT HSK 4
spleen

Left: body part /, right: vulgar/low (A such untidy field is tenfold vulgar)
The body part with the vulgar task (of immune defense) is the spleen.
JLPT HSK 4
shoulder, upper arm

Left: body part /, right: to announce (just now with skillful hand ) [A hand for holding an item is what I need just now] cf. elbow 肘
The body part, that somehow looks like the upper body and where my 'skillful hand' is, is the shoulder.
JLPT HSK 4
armpit

Left: body part /, right: everybody (Sitting cross-legged on a cushion does everybody.)
A body's part that everyone has, or that is bent like sitting cross-legged with an opening is the armpit.
JLPT HSK 4
cream, balm, ointment, paste
gāo
Top: high (actually a guard tower, but here: a cover/lid and three layers ,, of the skin), bottom: part of body /
It's a cover for the three layers of the body's skin: the cream or balm.
JLPT HSK 5
the gall (bladder), the nerve, courage, guts
dǎn
Left: body part /, right: sunrise (The sun is just above the horizon )
([Medically not fully correct, but:] Gallstones can cause nausea after eating or in the morning:) The body part you feel (already) at sunrise is: the gall.
JLPT HSK 5
chest, thorax, bosom, heart, mind
xiōng
Left: body part /, right: Hungary 匈 (wrap , bad luck/disaster [The cross at the container shows that it is empty: what a bad luck!])
The body's part enwrapping a "void container" is the chest.
JLPT HSK 5
shoulder, to shoulder (responsibilities)
jiān
Top: door 戸 (sliding door with upper rail), below: body /
(As big as a) door is this part of the body: The shoulder.
JLPT HSK 5
waist, lower back, middle, loins
yāo
西
Left: body part /, right: need/request 要 (A handbag 覀/西 is, what women need.) [west 西 = Under the horizon the sun sinks at the sunset in the west.]
(Asian women have less 'butt':) A body part of western 西 women is the waist.
JLPT HSK 5
victory, success, to beat, to defeat, to surpass
shèng, shēng
Left: body part /, right: life/birth (The twig at the growing plant stands for life)
If the body is full of life, it will succeed.
JLPT HSK 5
to threaten, to force, flank (the side of one's torso)
xié
Left: body part /, right: deal with/manage (traditional 脅 = 3x force )
A body with triple force is threatening.
JLPT HSK 5
rotten, decay, corrosion, fermented

广
Top: seat of government (The building 广 in which it is handed over [to person with skillful hands ], is the seat of the government.), below: meat, bodypart
In the government is 'seated' meat that is rotten.
JLPT HSK 5
thigh, share, portion, electric currents

Left: body part /, right: (battle axe in a hand )
The part of the body which can serve as "weapon in a hand" is the thigh(-bone).
JLPT HSK 5
back, behind, hide, to carry on the shoulder
bēi, bèi
Top: north (here: backbone || with ribs, or two persons sitting back to back), below: body part /
The backbone is the body part at the back and suitable to carry.
JLPT HSK 5
skeleton, bone

From top: bone (pictograph of a vertebra), cover , body/flesh /
Bones are covered with flesh and form the skeleton.
JLPT HSK 5
intestines
cháng
Left: body part /, right: simplification of: easy (= warming sun with its shine )
(If you put your hand into the abdomen of a fresh hunted animal) The body's part that is warm [= like warming sunshine] are the intestines.
JLPT HSK 5
flesh, muscle

Left: body part /, right: table (cf. )
The body part for the table is muscle's flesh.
JLPT HSK 5
shoulder, upper arm, swollen, urinary bladder
bǎng, pāng, páng
Left: body part /, right: one side, beside ([The servants] are in one direction (side) of the emperor : at his side.)
The part of the body that is at the body's side is: the shoulder.
JLPT HSK 5
stomach
wèi
Top: rice field , bottom: part of body /
It comes from the field and ends in this part of the body: The stomach.
JLPT HSK 5
fragile, crisp, crunchy, neat
cuì
Left: body part /, right: danger (The bent person on the cliff could fall to change into a slumped person : That's the danger!) [= unlucky]
Body parts (i.e. the bones) are in danger, when they are fragile.
JLPT HSK 5
beard, mustache, non-Han people, reckless

Left: old (image of a tomb stone), right: flesh, body part /
Like old flesh are the beards of the non-Han people.
JLPT HSK 5
to glue, resin, sticky, rubber
jiāo
Left: body /, right: exchange, crossing (six crosses ) (Glue was made of boiling bones)
This part of the body is "in exchange" when making glue.
JLPT HSK 5
neck, collar

Left: body part /, right: 孛 (from above: head , emphasized broad neck , small rest of the body)
The body part that is here emphasized is the neck.
JLPT HSK 5
to contribute, taxation, donation, to abandon
juān
Left: hand /, right: small worm (The head is as big as the body /)
On the hand a small worm, which I contribute as taxation.
JLPT HSK 6
to swell, swelling, tumor
zhǒng
Left: body part /, right: center
At a body part it forms a 'middle': A swelling.
JLPT HSK 6
cavity of body, compartment, tune, melody, speak out
qiāng
Left:body part /, right: sky, empty 空 (... appears, where a hole is built in.)
The body parts where sth. empty was built in, are the body's cavities.
JLPT HSK 6
membrane, film

Left: part of body /, right: negative - [Here: as 2x10 parts, as image of a membrane and as one big part]
The part of the body where there are 20 [small] parts on one side and one large part on the other, is: the membrane .
JLPT HSK 6
fetus, embryo, (air-)tire(=轮胎)
tāi
Left: (part of the) body /, right: platform (The nose over the mouth is like a platform.)
A body part serves a platform (= womb) for: the fetus.
JLPT HSK 6
similar, to resemble, to be like
xiào
Top: var. of small , below: body /
Small bodies are alike.
JLPT HSK 6
lungs
fèi
Left: body part /, right: simplification of city (Better: shoulders , lungs/chest and middle of the body )
The body part, with the lobes of the lung lateral to the middle of the body is: the lungs.
JLPT HSK 6
to swell, swollen, to be bloated
zhàng
Left: body part /, right: long 长/ (Long mane in the wind of a galloping horse)
A body part that is elongated, is: swollen.
JLPT HSK 6
placenta, womb, born of the same parents
bāo
Left: body part /, right: wrap (The wrap itself makes it to be wrapped.)
The bodypart for "wrapping" is the placenta.
JLPT HSK 6
fat, rouge (cosmetics), resin
zhī
Left: meat/body /, right: order, purpose (If sb. is sitting in sun he has the purpose [to indicate with the fingers 指])
Meat/Flesh has been 'ordered' to contain: fat.
JLPT HSK 6
stomach, abdomen, belly

Left: body part /, right: repeat, again (Lying or sitting in sun sitting cross-legged is to be repeated)
A body part that repeatingly [hurts] is the belly.
JLPT HSK 6
arteries and veins, (blood) vessels
mài
Left: body part /, right: forever (I emphasise water has been forever.)
The body part through which the emphasised 'water' flows are the: arteries and veins.
JLPT HSK 6
muscle, tendon
jīn
Top: bamboo , below: ribs 肋 (= The body's part / that resists with force (against pressure) are the ribs.)
They are like bamboo('s fiber) are the body gets its strength by the: muscles and tendons.
JLPT HSK 6
knee

Learn this together with "lacquer/varnish" 漆 [qī] = "From the water/sap of this tree the person makes drops of: lacquer 漆"
(In former times they had wooden lacquered knee-protectors) The body part / with the lacquer 漆 are the: knee.
JLPT HSK 6
limb
zhī
Left: body part /, right: twig / branch (hand that holds a twig )
The body's "branches" are the limbs.
JLPT HSK 6
swollen, to swell, inflated, expand
péng
Left: body('s part) /, right: drums ( [twig over bean/drums ], right: hair )
This body's part is big as 10 beans and hairy, and is: swelling.
JLPT HSK 6
arm

Top: anal penetration, torture (buttock from the side , anus , needle as symbol for penetration or torture), bottom: body part /
You can penetrate into sth. with this body part: The arm.
JLPT HSK 6
fishy (smell)
xīng
Left: body part /, right: star (Suns with life are the stars.)
If the body is already at the stars, it has a bad smell.
JLPT HSK 6
greasy, unctuous, intimate, tired of

Left: body part /, right: two (anti-fraud) (Two sabres and the money become an anti-fraud two.)
For the body I received two sabres and money because it was so greasy.
JLPT HSK 6
chest (of body), hollow space
táng
Left: body part /, right: (main) hall 堂 (= A roof with reinforcements for a hall on the ground )
The body part with a "hall" is the chest.
JLPT HSK 6
animal fat
fáng
Left: body part /, right: direction, side, square
The body is on its sides: fat.
JLPT HSK 6
laziness, lazy
duò
Left: feeling , right: left , body /
(When you are a right-handed person:) I feel that my left body (= left half of the body) is lazy.
JLPT HSK 6
deli food, (meat or fish) dishes, mixed viands
yáo
Top: cross , below: have/exist (I have hand and body , thus I am existing.)
I marked with the cross , which I want to have from this deli food.
JLPT HSK 6
crippled, lame
qué
Outside: disease (An ice- -cold building 广 makes sick.), inside: to add , body
The disease that looks like "adding body/flesh" is to be: crippled.
JLPT no HSK
kidney
shèn
Top: (knife, hand ), bottom: body part /
(It is located rather central in the body near the spine) A knife in a hand can cut out this body part: The kidney.
JLPT no HSK
liver
gān
Left: body part /, right: dry (laundry rack)
(no fluid flows out) A body part that is relatively dry, is the liver.
JLPT no HSK
December, preserved (meat)

Left: body, meat /, right: former times (Together in the sun we think of former days)
When we eat the meat from former times (= sth. preserved), it is: December.
JLPT no HSK
spine, ridge, back

This character is seen as variation of back/stature: 背 with two persons sitting back-to-back
'Back-to-back' the persons are sitting with this body part: The spine.
JLPT no HSK
to offer sacrifice

Top: part of body (cf: meat ), hand , below: to show (image of an altar with a sacrifice on it)
A body is laid by hand on the altar: as sacrifice.
JLPT no HSK
embryo, fetus
pēi
Left: body part /, right: great, grand (Between two boundaries something small can be: great.)
The body part that is small within the womb is: the embryo.
JLPT no HSK
gland
xiàn
Left: body part /, right: spring/fountain (... of white water )
The body's "springs" are the glands.
JLPT no HSK
elbow, pork shoulder
zhǒu
Left: body part /, right: skillful hand
The body part, which a 'skillful hand' needs: The elbow.
JLPT no HSK
chest, breast, dried meat, preserved fruit
fǔ, pú
Left: body part /, right: just now (A hand for holding an item is what I need just now) Here: as a image of a chest with shoulders on top and ribs underneath.
The part of the body that looks like the chest.
JLPT no HSK
I, we (imperial use), subtle
zhèn
Left: body /, right: to close (The mountain pass in the sky is closed.)
A body from heaven: that's Us.
JLPT no HSK
cheek (esp. lower cheek), jaw, gills (of fish)
sāi
Left: body part /, right: to think (... with your brain and your heart )
The body part of "thinkers" is the lower cheek.
JLPT no HSK
dirty, filthy
āng
Left: body, meat /, right: overbearing (The sturdy navigator known from navigation 航 with a broad neck and wearing a cap.)
The body of the navigator is dirty.
JLPT no HSK
butt, buttocks
tún
Top: palace hall 殿 (Buttocks together with the weapons in their hands are in the palace), bottom: body part /
The 'palace' amoung the body parts is the: buttocks.
JLPT no HSK
soap, pancreas

Left: body /, right: barbarians (= They have big bows )
The bodies of the barbarians should be soaped.
JLPT no HSK
nutrition, meals
shàn
Left: body part /, right: goodness, benevolent (A sheep standing with a gaping mouth is good and benevolent)
For the body it is good: the nutrition.
JLPT no HSK
wrist
wàn
Left: bodypart /, right: as if (When I at home in the evening slump (e.g. on the TV-coach) it's always just similar.)
The body part that (hurts), when I am in my home, at the evening (after work) and am slumped, is the: wrist.
JLPT no HSK
suckling pig
tún
Left: body /, right: pig
The body of a pig is (initially) a suckling pig.
JLPT no HSK
rib
lèi
Left: body part /, right: power, force
(Otherwise the intestines would be very soft.) The body-part that resists with force (against pressure) are the ribs.
JLPT no HSK
pus, purulencem, pustule
nóng
Left: body part /, right: peasant (He wears cover at the clothes [because he has to go out in any weathers])
(Due to heavy work:) The body part of the peasent is an abscess with pus.
JLPT no HSK
anus
gāng
Left: body part /, right: to work
The body part that needs to work is the: anus?
JLPT no HSK
amine
àn
Left: body part /, right: peaceful (A woman in the house makes it peaceful)
(The pungent ammonia smell soothes) The bodies that make it peaceful are the: amines.
JLPT no HSK
internal organs

Left: body('s parts) /, right: seat of government (The building 广 in which it is handed over [from a person to a skillful hand ], is the seat of the government)
The body parts doing the 'government' are the internal organs.
JLPT no HSK
calf of leg, decay, protect
féi
Left: body part /, right: not, denial (inverted wings )
At the lower leg || (= tibia & fibula) it extends 三 (backwards), the: calf.
JLPT no HSK
armpit, axil (botany, angle between stem and branch)

Left: body part /, right: night (On the roof is a person / watching the moon during the night.)
The body part where it is 'night' is the armpit.
JLPT no HSK
all, together, mutually, assist, to store

Top: correct (To stop at the line is correct), below bodypart /
The correct bodies assist each-other mutually.
JLPT no HSK
to roast, BBQ, to broil, to toast
zhì
Top: meat / lying flatly (as known for example from sacrifice ), below: fire
If the meat is over the fire, then it is roasted.
JLPT no HSK
feelings, opinion, thoughts, breast, bosom

Left: body part /, right: intention, thought, idea 意 (The sounds of my heart are my thought.)
The body part of my intentions is the breast where my feelings are.
JLPT no HSK
breast, receive
yīng
Top: variant of wild goose 雁 (On the cliff and (big as) a person is a bird : the wild goose.), bottom: body part /
(Its breast is particularly rich in meat:) The wild goose has in particular this body part: the breast.
JLPT no HSK
navel

Left: body part /, right: be in the same level (A text lays flatly on two vertical sticks 丿|, that are in the same level.)
The body's part that is always the same level (in the sense of center) is the navel.
JLPT no HSK
bladder (urinary bladder)
guāng
Left: body part /, right: light, ray (fire on legs serves as light.)
The body's part through which light can shine, is the bladder.
JLPT no HSK
to inherit, descendant, heir, posterity
yìn
Outside: channel |, middle: thread 纟/, bodypart, meat /
A channel for the thread of the own body (= bloodline), when: inheriting.

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