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肺

Lung
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingハイ

Meanings

  1. lung
  2. lungsRtK

Homonyms

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Same reading (はい)
灰 · ash

Radicals and components

Radical肉meat
Components
How it's built
肺
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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moon (月) · month (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月) · market · top hat (亠) · towel

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 443

Compound words

彼は肺癌を恐れている。
He is afraid of getting lung cancer.tatoeba
彼は肺炎をひどくわずらっている。
He is very ill with pneumonia.tatoeba
彼は肺ガンになった。
He's got lung cancer.tatoeba
彼は肺ガンの手術を受けた。
He was operated on for lung cancer.tatoeba

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Lungs. 月 (body) + 市 — the organ that opens as you breathe. 肺炎 — pneumonia.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 肺

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step