肉 Kanji – meat

Meaning and Readings

How is 肉 read?

肉 has the onyomi reading ニク and the kunyomi reading しし.

In romaji, these readings can be written as niku, shishi.

Common Japanese Words Using 肉

These common Japanese words contain 肉. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.

• 牛肉（ぎゅうにく） — beef
• 魚肉（ぎょにく） — fish meat
• 筋肉（きんにく） — muscle
• 苦肉の策（くにくのさく） — last resort, desperate measure taken under the pressure of necessity
• 鶏肉（とりにく） — chicken meat
• 鯨肉（げいにく） — whale meat
• 食肉（しょくにく） — meat (for consumption)
• 豚肉（ぶたにく） — pork
• 肉（にく） — flesh
• 肉屋（にくや） — butcher's shop, butcher, meat shop

Related Kanji

• 伴
  consort, accompany, bring with, companion
• 遠
  distant, far
• 養
  foster, bring up, rear, develop, nurture
• 懸
  state of suspension, hang, depend, consult, distant, far apart
• 戻
  re-, return, revert, resume, restore, go backwards
• 街
  boulevard, street, town