肌 jī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 几 small table
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
肌肉
jīròu
muscle
Characters in this word
肉 ròu
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 肉 — meat
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 他肌肉酸。 Tā jīròu suān. His muscles are sore.
- 我的肌肉疼。 Wǒ de jīròu téng. My muscles hurt.
- 锻炼肌肉吧。 Duànliàn jīròu ba. Let’s train our muscles.