肌jī
flesh, skin; muscle, tissue; meat on bones. 6 strokes, radical ⺼, first met in HSK 5.
Pinyin jīStrokes 6Radical ⺼Band HSK 5Words 1
How to write 肌
Strokes 1–4 write ⺼, then strokes 5–6 write 几.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 肌 · the stroke-order rules
What 肌 is made of
⺼ and 几 (jǐ, small table).
⺼ carries the meaning — flesh — and 几 carries the sound.
Words that use 肌
| 肌肉 | muscle 指人体中能收缩产生力量的组织 员工在健身房锻炼肌肉。The staff worked out their muscles at the gym. Lesson 436, 基业筑成 · 温故知新与智汇前沿 · Wisdom of Heritage & Frontiers of Innovation |
Characters that share the sound part 几
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical ⺼
All 41 of them, and what the radical means, on the 月 radical page.