肉 (ròu)

meat; flesh

How 肉 is written

Strokes
6
Traditional
肉
Simplified
肉 (unchanged)

Common words using 肉

五花肉 wǔhuāròu
streaky pork
果肉 guǒròu
pulp
烤肉 kǎoròu
barbecue (lit. roast meat)
牛肉 niúròu
beef
牛肉乾 niúròugān
dried beef; jerky; charqui
牛肉麵 niúròumiàn
beef noodle soup
狗肉 gǒuròu
dog meat
瘦肉 shòuròu
lean meat
瘦肉精 shòuròujīng
leanness-enhancing agent
羊肉 yángròu
mutton
羊肉串 yángròuchuàn
lamb kebab
肉丸 ròuwán
meatball

肉 in a sentence

我吃素,不吃肉。

Wǒ chīsù, bù chī ròu.

“I am vegetarian; I don't eat meat.”

How common is 肉?

肉 is the 1,007th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 89.3% of all running text.

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