JLPT N4 · 6 strokes
Kanji 肉: "meat"
The kanji 肉 means "meat". It is written with 6 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N4, read ニク in on'yomi and しし in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ニク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
しし
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | meat |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 6 |
| JLPT level | N4 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 2 |
| Frequency rank | 986 of 2,501 |
Common words with 肉
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 肉flesh · meat
- 肉体the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
- 筋肉muscle
- 皮肉irony; sarcasm; cynicism; satire · unexpected; different from what one expected; not as one had planned
- 肉体的bodily; physical; corporeal · sexual; sensual; of the flesh
- 肉親blood relationship; blood relative
- 肉棒dick; cock
- 肉塊lump of meat; piece of flesh · human body
- 肉片piece of meat; cut of meat
- 鶏肉chicken meat · fowl; poultry; bird meat
- 血肉blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood · flesh and blood; the body
- 筋肉痛muscular pain; myalgia; aching muscles; sore muscles
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