赘肉
zhuì​ròu

flab

赘 zhuì unnecessary Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 敖 represents the meaning and 贝 represents the sound. Simplified form of 贅.

Components

敖
敖 Meaning component
áo, aó, ào ramble, stroll, roam
贝
贝 Sound component
bèi sea shell

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

肉 ròu meat

Pictograph of a piece of meat.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (5)

有多将骨將

Meaning (1 of 4 verified)

腐脔胬臠

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

瘸

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnyuwkk.nuk meat, flesh

說文解字

《說文》：“肉，胾肉。象形。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.338
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

贅 unnecessary Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 敖 represents the meaning and 貝 represents the sound.

Components

敖
敖 Meaning component
áo, aó, ào ramble, stroll, roam
貝
貝 Sound component
bèi sea shell

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkljods

說文解字

以物質錢。从敖、貝。敖者，猶放；貝，當復取之也。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)