⾁

meat

ròu (rou4)

Radical no. 130 · 6 strokes (第 130 部首 · 6 画 dì 130 bùshǒu · 6 huà)

Radical ⾁ (ròu) — meaning: meat, 6 strokes.

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph in oracle-bone script depicting the sinews and muscle fibers of an animal; it was later simplified into a grid-like pattern of vertical strokes in seal script.

Mnemonic: The parallel vertical strokes resemble the muscle fibers and sinews inside an animal's body.

Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)

201 characters

Stroke count

All strokes1-3 strokes4-6 strokes7-10 strokes11+ strokes

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Stroke count (default)FrequencyHSK levelRandom
  • 臆yì

    (bound form) chest; breast

    17 strokes

  • 臊sāo

    to smell of urine (or sweat etc)

    17 strokes

  • 臌gǔ

    dropsical

    17 strokes

  • 臐xūn

    lamb soup

    18 strokes

  • 臑nào

    biceps (in Chinese medicine)

    18 strokes

  • 臖xìng

    to swell

    20 strokes

  • 臛huò

    (literary) meat broth

    20 strokes

  • 臜zā

    used in 腌臢|腌臜[a1 za1]

    20 strokes

  • 臞qú

    variant of 癯[qu2]

    22 strokes

Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)

Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.