肉 · ròu

meat; flesh

Radical pronunciation

Radical summary

#130

Kangxi

6

Strokes

#34

Frequency

Visual hint

A piece of flesh; in many body characters it appears like 月.

Often relates to the body, flesh, organs, or bodily sensations.

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Trace the radical, simplified, traditional, and variant forms when available.

肉月

3 examples

肉

ròu

meat

HSK 2

脸

liǎn

face

HSK 1

腿

tuǐ

leg

HSK 2

In simplified characters, 肉 on the left often looks like 月.

If 月 appears in a body-related character, think 肉 rather than moon.

月: In body-related characters, 月 often represents 肉; in time/moon-related characters, 月 means moon/month.

What is the radical in the character 脸?