肌

(bound form) flesh; muscle

6 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,002 U+808C

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

⺼ (semantic, “flesh”) + 几 (phonetic, jǐ)

components: ⺼几

muscle · Heisig RSH #63

small table + part of the body

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 几

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 几 (jǐ) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
几 sound component	jǐ	small table; how many; a few, some
铅	qiān	lead
饥	jī	hungry, starving; hunger, famine
叽	jī	to grumble; to sigh
矶	jī	jetty, reef; breakwater, eddy
讥	jī	to ridicule, to mock, to jeer
玑	jī	an oblong pearl
虮	jǐ	nits, lice
麂	jǐ	a species of deer
処	chǔ	place, locale; department

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
重症肌无力	zhòng zhèng jī wú lì	myasthenia gravis (medicine)
三头肌	sān tóu jī	triceps muscle; triceps brachii
肌动蛋白	jī dòng dàn bái	actin
二头肌	èr tóu jī	biceps muscle
肌肉发达	jī ròu fā dá	muscular
三角肌	sān jiǎo jī	deltoid muscle (over the shoulder)
四头肌	sì tóu jī	quadriceps muscle group; thigh muscles
肌球蛋白	jī qiú dàn bái	myosin (biochemistry)
肌电图	jī diàn tú	electromyogram (EMG)
里肌肉	lǐ jī ròu	loin (of pork)
股二头肌	gǔ èr tóu jī	biceps femoris (anatomy)
不随意肌	bù suí yì jī	involuntary muscle
胸大肌	xiōng dà jī	pectoralis major muscle (across the top of the chest)
心肌	xīn jī	myocardium
股四头肌	gǔ sì tóu jī	quadriceps muscle group; thigh muscles
冰肌玉骨	bīng jī yù gǔ	(idiom) (of a woman) having fair, flawless skin and a graceful, refined beauty
肌体	jī tǐ	the body; organism (usually human); (fig.) fabric (of society etc); cohesive structure (of…
肌理	jī lǐ	texture (of skin, surface etc)
里肌	lǐ jī	(Tw) tenderloin (usu. of pork)
杜兴氏肌肉营养不良症	Dù xīng shì jī ròu yíng yǎng bù liáng zhèng	Duchenne muscular dystrophy