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Kotomora

脤

raw meat for sacrifice

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Readings

On'yomi

  • シン

Kun'yomi

  • ひもろぎ
  • くちびる

Meaning

脤 centers on raw meat used in ritual offerings. Its meaning is narrow and specific to sacrificial contexts.

Study

Etymology

脤 combines the flesh radical ⺼ with 辰, which likely contributes the sound. The character is associated with sacrificial meat, but the exact historical development is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

The flesh radical ⺼ beside 辰 suggests meat prepared for a ritual. Picture a piece of raw meat offered on an altar during a ceremony.

Reading mnemonic

For シン, imagine a shin bone of a sacrificial animal being used in the ritual: shin -> シン, and the meat is offered raw.