肉月

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
にく
Grade: 2
つき > づき
Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

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Examples

From (にく) (niku, meat; flesh) (つき) (tsuki, moon), referring to its etymological origin as the character (meat; flesh) and its present appearance as . Compare Jin 月肉旁. The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(にく)(づき) (nikuzuki

  1. The kanji component , appearing on the left, etymologically (meat; flesh) and used in words related to the body.
    Synonym: 肉部 (nikubu)

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN