血肉

Chinese

blood meat; flesh
simp. and trad.
(血肉)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (32) (38)
Final () (88) (4)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter xwet nyuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hwet̚/ /ȵɨuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/hʷet̚/ /ȵiuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/xuɛt̚/ /ȵʑiuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hwɛt̚/ /ȵuwk̚/
Li
Rong
/xuet̚/ /ȵiuk̚/
Wang
Li
/xiwet̚/ /ȵʑĭuk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xiwet̚/ /ȵʑi̯uk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xue
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hyut3 juk6

Noun

血肉

  1. flesh and blood; human body
  2. (figuratively) close relationship

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
けつ
Grade: 3
にく
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
にく
Grade: 2
yutōyomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(けつ)(にく) or ()(にく) • (ketsuniku or chiniku) 

  1. flesh and blood; human body
    • 西條八十 (lyricist), 同期の桜
      血肉(ちにく)()たる(なか)ではないが
      chiniku waketaru naka de wa nai ga
      (please add an English translation of this example)

Derived terms

  • (けつ)(にく)() (ketsunikuka)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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