肌 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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jī

muscle tissue

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

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

几 Sound component

jī, jǐ

small table

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

jī

muscle tissue; meat on bones; flesh; muscle

Most common words with 肌

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*krə[j]	kij	jī	flesh

Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 13.2148% of movies

1782nd most common character in movies

1935th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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