肕

肕 U+8095, 肕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8095 ← 肔 [U+8094] CJK Unified Ideographs 肖 → [U+8096]

Translingual

Han character

肕 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 月尸竹戈 (BSHI), four-corner 7722₀, composition ⿰月刃)

1. tough, strong, hard

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 973, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29262
• Dae Jaweon: page 1425, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2046, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8095

Chinese

trad.		肕
simp. #		肕

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (刃) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
涊	*nɯːnʔ, *njɯnʔ
紉	*nɯn
忍	*njɯnʔ
荵	*njɯnʔ
刃	*njɯns
認	*njɯns, *njɯŋs
仞	*njɯns
軔	*njɯns
韌	*njɯns
肕	*njɯns
牣	*njɯns
杒	*njɯns
訒	*njɯns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rèn (ren⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁶, ngan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rèn
    • Wade–Giles: jên⁴
    • Yale: rèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renn
    • Palladius: жэнь (žɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁶, ngan⁶
    • Yale: yahn, ngahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁶, ngan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁶, ngen⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²²/, /ŋɐn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: nyinH

Rime
Character	肕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	而振切
Baxter	nyinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵinH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjenH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵinH/
Li Rong	/ȵiĕnH/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ĕnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njɯns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	肕
Reading #	1/1
No.	10836
Phonetic component	刃
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	刃
Old Chinese	/*njɯns/

Definitions

肕

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