肉
meat
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
6 / 6
Information
Grade:2
Strokes:6
JLPT:4
Frequency:986
Vocabulary
ニク
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牛肉 | ギュウニク | beef |
| 筋肉 | キンニク | muscle |
| 鶏肉 | ケイニク | chicken meat; fowl; poultry; bird meat |
| 食肉 | ショクニク | meat (for consumption) |
| 豚肉 | トンニク | pork |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 苦肉の策 | くにくのさく | last resort; desperate measure taken under the pressure of necessity |
| 鶏肉 | とりにく | chicken meat; fowl; poultry; bird meat |
| 豚肉 | ぶたにく | pork |
| 肉 | にく | flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness; content; substance; flesh; ink pad |
| 焼肉 | やきにく | yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue; roasted meat; grill |
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few, little
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call, call out to, invite
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