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肉

Mandarin · pinyin ròu

Meanings

  1. meat
  2. flesh
  3. pulp (of a fruit)
  4. (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy
  5. (of a person) flabby
  6. irresolute
  7. Kangxi radical 130
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肉
ròu · flesh; meat; Kangxi radical 130
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character · Etymology 1

  1. meat; flesh
  2. (specifically) pork
  3. body
  4. flesh; pulp
  5. (ACG) media; video
  6. (Quanzhou Hokkien) main part of an object

character · Etymology 2

  1. (archaic) edge; brim; an outer part of a ring-shaped object (such as coin or jade annulus)
  2. (archaic, of sound and music) rich; substantial
  3. (dialectal Mandarin) spongy; squashy; flabby
  4. (dialectal Mandarin) slow; sluggish

character · Etymology 3

  1. meat; flesh
  2. (specifically) pork
  3. flesh; pulp
  4. main part of an object

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