宍
Muscles
Top 2,000-2,500 · #22697 strokes
Meanings
Muscles, Meat
On'yomi
にく、 じく
Chinese-derived readings, typically used in compounds.
Kun'yomi
しし
Native Japanese readings, typically used as standalone words.
Stroke order
宍 is written in 7 strokes. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
About this kanji
宍 (Muscles) is not taught on WaniKani. It ranks #2269 in modern newspaper-frequency lists. It is written with 7 strokes.
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