méi

flesh

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

flesh

Sound component
měi every

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmɯːs
mɯː
mɯːs

說文解字

背肉也。从肉𣫭聲。《易》曰:“咸其脢。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica