肎
kěn HSK6

meat attached to bone

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approved by Peter Olson · Feb 18, 2022, 10:21 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Feb 18, 2022, 10:21 PM

肯

Original version of 肯. Depicts meat (⺼) attached to a bone (冎).

Components

冎
冎 Iconic component
⺼
⺼ Iconic component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》：“肎，骨間肉肎肎箸也。从肉，从冎省。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)