贅肉
See also: 赘肉
Chinese edit
superfluous | meat; flesh | ||
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trad. (贅肉) | 贅 | 肉 | |
simp. (赘肉) | 赘 | 肉 | |
anagram | 肉贅/肉赘 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
贅肉
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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贅 | 肉 |
ぜい Hyōgaiji |
にく Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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ぜい肉 |
Etymology edit
Probably from Middle Chinese compound 贅肉/赘肉 (dzui? nyuwk, literally “excess + flesh, meat”). Compare modern Cantonese reading zeoi6 juk6.