lèi

ribs

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
⺼ meaning component

  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

力 sound component

  Sound component

  

power

Evolution

肋 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
肋 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

ribs; chest

 

lèi

rib; Taiwan pr. [lè]

Most common words with 肋
Freq.
Word
Meaning

肋骨

rib

rib

软肋

rib cartilage

鸡肋

chicken ribs

两肋插刀

lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom)

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)