肉, flesh, meat, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component meat express meanings related to meat such as 腐 瘸 臋 肏 胬 朒 胾 胔 脔. Continue reading “Component meat 肉”
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Radical meat 月: on the left or right?
In Chinese, most of the words with “月” have nothing to do with “moon” but have to do with “flesh, organs, limbs, veins, muscles, etc.” These words are formed by “月 + other characters.” In this case, “月” is related with “flesh/meat” but not “moon”.
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