肌

肌	U+808C, 肌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-808C

← 肋
[U+808B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

肍 →
[U+808D]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

肌 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 月竹弓 (BHN), four-corner 7721₀, composition ⿰⺼几)

muscle tissue
meat on bones
texture

References

KangXi: page 973, character 7

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29242

Dae Jaweon: page 1425, character 1

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2043, character 6

Unihan data for U+808C

Chinese

trad.		肌
simp. ^#		肌

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (几) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
肌	*kril
飢	*kril
机	kril, krilʔ
虮	*kril
几	*krilʔ
麂	*krilʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kril) : semantic ⺼ + phonetic 几 (OC *krilʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jī (ji¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹
Min Dong (BUC): gĭ
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): ki
(Teochew, Peng'im): gi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jī
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ji
  - Wade–Giles: chi¹
  - Yale: jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
  - Palladius: цзи (czi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gei¹
  - Yale: gēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki
  - Tâi-lô: ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ky
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gi¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ki
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki³³/

Middle Chinese: /kiɪ/

Rime
Character	肌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居夷切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ki/
Shao Rongfen	/kjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ki/
Li Rong	/ki/
Wang Li	/ki/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gei¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*krə[j]/
(Zhengzhang): /*kril/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	肌
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jī
Middle Chinese	‹ kij ›
Old Chinese	/*krə[j]/
English	flesh
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	肌
Reading #	1/1
No.	5756
Phonetic component	几
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	飢
Old Chinese	/*kril/

Definitions

肌

muscle; flesh
(literary) skin

Compounds

Derived terms from 肌

三角肌 (sānjiǎojī)
侵肌透骨
冰肌玉骨 (bīngjīyùgǔ)
分肌劈理
刻肌刻骨
咀嚼肌 (jǔjuéjī)
大胸肌
小胸肌
平滑肌 (pínghuájī)
心肌 (xīnjī)
心肌梗塞 (xīnjī gěngsè)
擘肌分理
斜方肌 (xiéfāngjī)
明肌雪
死肌
玉肌 (yùjī)
玉肌花貌
玉骨冰肌
眼球肌
肌外膜 (jīwàimó)
肌束 (jīshù)
肌束膜 (jīshùmó)
肌梭 (jīsuō)
肌理 (jīlǐ)
肌肉 (jīròu)
肌腱 (jījiàn)
肌膜 (jīmó)
肌酸 (jīsuān)
肌革
肌骨 (jīgǔ)
肩胛舌骨肌 (jiānjiǎ shégǔ jī)
背肌
胸大肌 (xiōngdàjī)

胸肌 (xiōngjī)
腰肌 (yāojī)
腹外斜肌 (fùwàixiéjī)
腹直肌 (fùzhíjī)
腹肌 (fùjī)
臀大肌 (túndàjī)
逼尿肌 (bīniàojī)
骨骼肌 (gǔgéjī)
肌肉注射 (jīròu zhùshè)
里肌 (lǐjī)
三頭臂肌／三头臂肌
不隨意肌／不随意肌 (bùsuíyìjī)
二頭股肌／二头股肌
二頭臂肌／二头臂肌
前鋸肌／前锯肌 (qiánjùjī)
勁骨豐肌／劲骨丰肌
口輪肌／口轮肌
括約肌／括约肌 (kuòyuējī)
提睪肌／提睾肌 (tígāojī)
撫臆誓肌／抚臆誓肌
橫紋肌／横纹肌 (héngwénjī)
比目魚肌／比目鱼肌 (bǐmùyújī)
浹髓淪肌／浃髓沦肌
淪肌浹髓／沦肌浃髓
皮膚肌炎／皮肤肌炎 (pífūjīyán)
睫狀肌／睫状肌 (jiézhuàngjī)
肋間肌／肋间肌 (lèjiānjī)
肋骨舉肌／肋骨举肌
肌內膜／肌内膜 (jīnèimó)
肌原纖維／肌原纤维 (jīyuánxiānwéi)
肌小節／肌小节 (jīxiǎojié)
肌漿網／肌浆网 (jījiāngwǎng)

肌無完膚／肌无完肤
肌理豐盈／肌理丰盈
肌痺／肌痹
肌節／肌节 (jījié)
肌紅素／肌红素
肌細胞／肌细胞 (jīxìbāo)
肌纖維／肌纤维 (jīxiānwéi)
肌纖維／肌纤维 (jīxiānwéi)
肌肉麻痺／肌肉麻痹
肌膚／肌肤 (jīfū)
肌膚之愛／肌肤之爱
肌膚之親／肌肤之亲 (jīfūzhīqīn)
肌覺／肌觉
肌質網／肌质网 (jīzhìwǎng)
肌電圖／肌电图 (jīdiàntú)
肌體／肌体 (jītǐ)
肱橈肌／肱桡肌 (gōngráojī)
背闊肌／背阔肌 (bèikuòjī)
胸鎖乳突肌／胸锁乳突肌 (xiōngsuǒrǔtūjī)
腓腸肌／腓肠肌 (féichángjī)
腡肌／脶肌
腹內斜肌／腹内斜肌 (fùnèixiéjī)
腹橫肌／腹横肌 (fùhéngjī)
豐肌／丰肌
銘肌鏤骨／铭肌镂骨
鏤骨銘肌／镂骨铭肌
闊背肌／阔背肌
隨意肌／随意肌 (suíyìjī)
面黃肌瘦／面黄肌瘦 (miànhuángjīshòu)
頸肌／颈肌
香肌玉體／香肌玉体
髖骨肌／髋骨肌

Japanese

Kanji

肌

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Go-on: き (ki)
Kan-on: き (ki)
Kun: はだ (hada, 肌, Jōyō)

Compounds

肌理(きめ) (kime)
肌着(はだぎ) (hadagi)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
肌
はだ Grade: S
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 肌 – see the following entry.

【はだ】	[noun] skin [noun] the surface [noun] a type Alternative spellings 肌, 膚

(This term, 肌, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

肌 • (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune–Reischauer ki, Yale ki)

muscle tissue
meat on bones

Vietnamese

Han character

肌: Hán Nôm readings: cơ

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