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肉 means 'meat'

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Strokes : 6    Radical number: 130    Frequency: 550   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Challenge set: 7    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 14    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 100 words   Used in 245 words   Used in 24 names   Component in 1 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ニク
Additional readings
Kun    しし meat
Variants
⺼  
Notes
When 肉 appears in this form as a component, we use the key meaning 'meat'. When it appears in its abbreviated form, ⺼, we use 'body part '
Radical 74, 月, also usually appears in kanji in exactly the same form as the abbreviated ('joining') form of 肉. To distinguish the two, in Kanshudo we use the character ⺼ as the component when it represents 肉, and 月 or ⺝when it represents moon.
Learn about the pleasures of the flesh with the radical that pops up inside 20 Jōyō kanji for body parts, from 脳 (954: brain) to 膝 (2100: knee, lap). Okay, not quite head to toe, but close!
Components
⿵  内 inside  人 man  
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See also
月 month; moon  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 肉 is used 9 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 肉 is used 226 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).
ニク : 216 words FIND ALL
noun
1. flesh
2. meat
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ニク (read as にっ) : 6 words FIND ALL
noun
Japanese cinnamon (Cinnamomum japonicum)  (often written with kana only)
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しし : 2 words FIND ALL
expression, 'ru' godan verb
to slim down; to lose weight  (see also: 肉が落ちる)
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しし (read as じし) : 2 words FIND ALL
noun
corpulent; fat; chubby
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Additional data
Henshall: 209 (originally: 365)  Joy o' Kanji : 365  Key to Kanji: 833 

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肉
ニク   meat
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内
ナイ   ダイ   うち inside   
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3
冂
wide
人
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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