肾 shèn kidney
怎么记住“肾”: 𰀡 firm + ⺝ meat = kidney. At the market the girl pokes a firm dark lump of meat and pulls a face when the butcher tells her it is a pig's kidney.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
肾 = 𰀡 firm + ⺝ meat
- 𰀡 firm sound
- ⺝ meat meaning
At the market the girl pokes a firm dark lump of meat and pulls a face when the butcher tells her it is a pig's kidney.
How it came to be
The flesh gives the meaning and the sign for firm the sound; the simplified form writes that sign in a shorter way.
用法
- "Kidney": 肾脏 (shènzàng) the kidney (organ), 肾病 (shènbìng) kidney disease, 补肾 (bǔ shèn) to tonify the kidney (a common phrase in Chinese medicine, where 肾 also governs vitality).