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To leave  in the flesh ⺼;  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh
SoundMeaning component
go away

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhjæp[kʰ]<r>aparmpit; right wing of an army
Zhengzhangkʰa
kʰas
kʰab

說文解字

亦下也。从肉去聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica