肋

See also 肋

Translingual

Han character

肋 (radical 130 肉+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 月大尸 (BKS), four-corner 7422₇)

1. ribs
2. chest

References

• KangXi: page 973, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29239
• Dae Jaweon: page 1424, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2043, character 10
• Unihan data for U+808B

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Cantonese

Hanzi

肋 (Yale laak6, lak6)

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Japanese

Kanji

肋 (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• On: ろく (roku)
• Kun: あばら (abara), ばら (bara)

Compounds

Compounds

肋間 (ろっかん, rokkan): intercostal 肋間神経 (ろっかんしんけい, rokkan shinkei): intercostal nerves 肋間神経痛 (ろっかんしんけいつう, rokkan shinkeitsū): intercostal neuralgia 肋筋 (あばらきん, abarakin): in reinforced concrete, the box-shaped rebar connecting the main vertical support rebar: the ribs of the structure 肋骨 (ろっこつ, rokkotsu; あばらぼね, abarabone): rib, costa 肋材 (ろくざい, rokuzai): the ribs of a ship, extending upwards from the keel to the gunwale and supporting the hull

肋軟骨 (ろくなんこつ, rokunankotsu): the costal cartilage connecting the ribs and the sternum 肋肉 (ばらにく, baraniku): rib meat, generally beef or pork 肋板 (ろくばん, rokuban): a turtle's plastron; a thwart: a steel plate or similar support running from port to starboard between the ribs of a ship to strengthen the hull 肋膜 (ろくまく, rokumaku): the pleura 肋膜炎 (ろくまくえん, rokumakuen): pleurisy, pleuritis 肋木 (ろくぼく, rokuboku): wall bars, a kind of exercise equipment

Etymology 1

By extension from 荒, 荒ら (abara), "loosely spaced with sizable gaps", itself possibly related to the root ばら (bara), "scattered".

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi あばら (Heiban)
• IPA: [a̠ba̠ɺ̠a̠]

Noun

肋 (hiragana あばら, romaji abara)

1. short for 肋骨 (abarabone): rib (body part)

Etymology 2

Shortened from あばら (abara).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA: [ba̠ɺ̠a̠]

Noun

肋 (hiragana ばら, romaji bara)

1. short for 肋肉 (baraniku): rib (meat, generally beef or pork)

Usage notes

This word is more often spelled in hiragana as ばら or in katakana as バラ.

References

Korean

Hanja

肋 (hangeul 륵>늑, revised reuk>neuk, McCune-Reischauer rŭk>nŭk, Yale luk>nuk)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

肋 (pinyin lè (le4), Wade-Giles le⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

肋 (lặc)