The Chinese Radical: 肉


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Meaning
body part    肉

Explanation This radical is on the left in compound words and is simplified as "月", which then looks like “moon, month 月”, but still has the meaning “body part”.

Used in these characters:
有
JLPT HSK 1
to have, there is, there are, to exist, to be
yǒu
有 肉
Top left: hand /彐 (The fingers are left and at the right the forearm.), below: body 月/肉
I have a hand and a body: I'm existing!  
能
JLPT HSK 1
talent, ability, capability
néng
厶 肉 匕
Left: nose 厶, body 肉/月, right: claws 匕/匕
(In dog breeding:) Nose, body and claws prove talent.  
月
JLPT HSK 1
moon, month
yuè
月 肉
The radical 月 means moon or month. (The hanzi for meat/flesh 肉 as a radical is typically simplified to this 月, which looks the same, but is used differently in the explanations.)
Image of an ascending moon  
服
JLPT HSK 1
clothes, dress, to take (medicine)
fú
肉 卩 又
From left: body 月/肉, bent person 卩, hand 又
The (naked) body bends down with the hand for the clothes.  
脑
JLPT HSK 1
brain, mind, head, essence
nǎo
肉 㐫 亠 凶
Left: bodypart 月/肉, right: "trash can" 㐫 (cover 亠 and fierce 凶 = container 凵 with dreadful 㐅 inside)
The body part 㐅 that is in a covered container is: the brain.  
朋
JLPT HSK 1
friends
péng
肉 朋
Twice body 月/肉
Both bodies next to each other are friends.  
然
JLPT HSK 2
correct, right so, thus, like this, -ly
rán
肉 犬 灬
Top: dog meat 肰 (body 月/肉, dog 犬), below: fire 灬 [犬 = The big 大 man holds in his arms: a dog 丶]
(Dog meat is often chewy) The meat of a dog must be correctly over the fire: so it will be right and correct, thus ...  
肉
JLPT HSK 2
meat, flesh
ròu
肉
As a radical often simplified as: 月 - To show the difference to moon/month 月, the Hanzi-Trainer uses this radical 肉 when the meaning is: body or body-part.
Pictogram: Meat hanging down in a frame.  
望
JLPT HSK 2
to expect, to hope, to visit, to gaze (into the distance)
wàng
亡 肉 王
Top: death 亡 (coffin in cross-section), body 月/肉, bottom: king 王
The dead body of the king goes with our expectations.  
育
JLPT HSK 3
to give birth, to raise, to educate
yù
育 肉
Top: new born baby (character for child 子 turned upside down: the baby's head comes first), bottom: body 月/肉
The new born baby has a body, that is born and needs to be raised.  
脸
JLPT HSK 3
face, prestige
liǎn
肉 佥
Left: body part 月/肉, right: together 佥 (A person 人 as one 一 is with three ツ: together.)
The body part that is important when coming together, is the face.  
脚
JLPT HSK 3
foot, leg, base
jiǎo, jué
肉 去 厶 卩
Left: body part 月/肉, right: retreat 却 (Leaving 去 in a bowed卩 position is a retreat.) [to leave 去 = Below ground 土 is the nose 厶 that has left.]
The body part for making a retreat [= leaving in a bowed position] is: the foot.  
腿
JLPT HSK 3
leg, lower extremities
tuǐ
肉 退 辶 艮
Left: body part 月/肉, right: retreat 退 (The movement 辶 is not good 艮 if it is a retreat.)
The part of the body that can be retreated is the leg.  
熊
JLPT HSK 3
bear, raging flames
xióng
厶 肉 匕 灬
Top: talent, ability 能 (nose 厶, body 月/肉 and claws 匕匕 prove talent.), bottom: four legs 灬
The 'talent' on four legs is the bear.  
胖
JLPT HSK 3
fat, plump
pàng
肉 半 丷
Left: body part 月/肉, right: half 半 (A knife cuts 丨 a birthday cake 二 with candles 丷 in half.)
If your body could be halved, you are too fat.  
肯
JLPT HSK 4
to agree, to consent, willing
kěn
止 肉
Top: stop 止 (footprint of a right foot that stops at a line 一.), below: body 月/肉
(Consent of vegetarians:) The stop (from consumption) of meat meets our agreement.  
脱
JLPT HSK 4
strip off, to shed, get rid of, get away from
tuō
肉 丷 兑 兄
Left: body 月/肉, right: money transfer 兑 (Going out 丷 from my elder brother 兄 money transactions take place) [兄 = the big mouth 口 on feet儿]
(He raises his arms 丷 while stripping off his shirt. And I see:) the body of my older brother with raised arms, who is undressing.  
餐
JLPT HSK 4
eat, meal
cān
食 肉
Top: 歺 (Variation of meat 月/肉 with a fork 卜), hand 又, bottom: food 食
Take the meat with the fork in your hand to eat it.  
肥
JLPT HSK 4
fat, fertile, loose-fitting or large, manure
féi
肉 巴
Left: body 月/肉, right: hope 巴 (Behind the doorknob 巴 you may hope.)
The body may hope, that it becomes fat and fertile.  
脏
JLPT HSK 4
dirty, filthy, viscera
zāng, zàng
肉 庄
Left: body 月/肉, right: farmstead 庄 (building 广 at the earth 土)
Your body at a farmstead gets: dirty.  
肤
JLPT HSK 4
skin
fū
肉 夫
Left: body part 月/肉, right: husband 夫 (here: person 人 & two 二 for several layers)
The body part of a person with several dermal layers is: the skin.  
肚
JLPT HSK 4
stomach, abdomen, tripe, belly
dǔ, dù
肉 土
Left: body part 月/肉, right: earth 土
The part of the body (or viscera), which (in cattle) is located at the bottom (= near the ground), is the stomach.  
脾
JLPT HSK 4
spleen
pí
肉 卑
Left: body part 月/肉, right: vulgar/low 卑 (A such untidy field 田 is tenfold 十 vulgar)
The body part with the vulgar task (of immune defense) is the spleen.  
膊
JLPT HSK 4
shoulder, upper arm
bó
肉 尃 甫 寸
Left: body part 月/肉, right: to announce 尃 (just now 甫 with skillful hand 寸) [甫 = Upper body 甫 with shoulders 一 the chest 月 and spine 丨]
The body part, that looks like the upper body 甫 and which supports the 'skillful hand' 寸, is the shoulder.  
胳
JLPT HSK 4
armpit
gē
肉 各
Left: body part 月/肉, right: everybody 各 (Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody.)
The part of the body that everyone has is the armpit.  
膏
JLPT HSK 4
cream, balm, ointment, paste
gāo
高 肉 亠
Top: high 高 (actually a guard tower, but here: a cover/lid 亠 and three layers 口,冖,口 of the skin), bottom: part of body 月/肉
It's a cover for the three layers of the body's skin: the cream or balm.  
胆
JLPT HSK 5
the gall (bladder), the nerve, courage, guts
dǎn
肉 旦
Left: body part 月/肉, right: sunrise 旦 (The sun 日 is just above the horizon 一)
([Medically not fully correct, but:] Gallstones can cause nausea after eating or in the morning:) The body part you feel (already) at sunrise is: the gall.  
胸
JLPT HSK 5
chest, thorax, bosom, heart, mind
xiōng
肉 勹 凶
Left: body part 月/肉, right: Hungary 匈 (wrap 勹, bad luck/disaster 凶 [The cross 㐅 at the container 凵 shows that it is empty: what a bad luck!])
The body's part enwrapping a "void container 凶" is the chest.  
肩
JLPT HSK 5
shoulder, to shoulder (responsibilities)
jiān
戶 肉
Top: door 戸 (sliding door with upper rail), below: body 月/肉
(As big as a) door is this part of the body: The shoulder.  
腰
JLPT HSK 5
waist, lower back, middle, loins
yāo
肉 西 女
Left: body part 月/肉, right: need/request 要 (A handbag 覀/西 is, what women 女 need.) [west 西 = Under the horizon 一 the sun 日 sinks 儿 at the sunset in the west.]
(Asian women have less 'butt':) A body part of western 西 women is the waist.  
胜
JLPT HSK 5
victory, success, to beat, to defeat, to surpass
shèng, shēng
肉 生
Left: body part 月/肉, right: life/birth 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant stands for life)
If the body is full of life, it will succeed.  
胁
JLPT HSK 5
to threaten, to force, flank (the side of one's torso)
xié
肉 办
Left: body part 月/肉, right: deal with/manage 办 (traditional 脅 = 3x force 力)
A body with triple force is threatening.  
腐
JLPT HSK 5
rotten, decay, corrosion, fermented
fǔ
付 广 府 肉
Top: seat of government 府 (The building 广 in which it is handed over 付 [to person 亻with skillful hands 寸], is the seat of the government.), below: meat, bodypart 肉
In the government is 'seated' meat that is rotten.  
股
JLPT HSK 5
thigh, share, portion, electric currents
gǔ
肉 殳
Left: body part 月/肉, right: 殳 (battle axe in a hand 又)
(The thigh bone [femur] is the body's longest bone:) The part of the body which can serve as "weapon in a hand" is the thigh(-bone) ... and is a share.  
背
JLPT HSK 5
back, behind, hide, to carry on the shoulder
bēi, bèi
北 肉
Top: north 北 (here: backbone || with ribs, or two persons sitting back to back), below: body part 月/肉
The backbone is the body part at the back and suitable to carry.  
骨
JLPT HSK 5
skeleton, bone
gǔ
骨 肉
From top: bone (pictograph of a vertebra), cover 冖, flesh / body part 月/肉
The bones are the body part of the: skeleton.  
肠
JLPT HSK 5
intestines
cháng
肉 易
Left: body part 月/肉, right: simplification of: easy 易 (= warming sun 日 with its shine 勿)
(If you put your hand into the abdomen of a fresh hunted animal) The body's part that is warm [= like warming sunshine] are the intestines.  
肌
JLPT HSK 5
flesh, muscle
jī
肉 几
Left: body part 月/肉, right: table 几 (cf. 凡)
The body part for the table (= as food) is muscle's flesh.  
膀
JLPT HSK 5
shoulder, upper arm, swollen, urinary bladder
bǎng, pāng, páng
肉 旁 方
Left: body part 月/肉, right: one side, beside 旁 ([The servants] are in one direction 方 (side) of the emperor 帝: at his side.)
The part of the body that is at the body's side is: the shoulder.  
胃
JLPT HSK 5
stomach
wèi
胃 肉
Top: rice field 田, bottom: part of body 月/肉
It comes from the field and ends in this part of the body: The stomach.  
脆
JLPT HSK 5
fragile, crisp, crunchy, neat
cuì
肉 危
Left: body part 月/肉, right: danger 危 (The bent person ⺈ on the cliff 厂 could fall to change into a slumped person 㔾: That's the danger!) [厄= unlucky]
Body parts (i.e. the bones) are in danger, as they are fragile.  
胡
JLPT HSK 5
beard, mustache, non-Han people, reckless
hú
胡 古 肉
Left: old 古 (image of a tomb stone), right: flesh, body part 月/肉
Like old flesh are the beards of the non-Han people.  
胶
JLPT HSK 5
to glue, resin, sticky, rubber
jiāo
肉 交
Left: body 月/肉, right: exchange, crossing 交 (six 六 crosses 㐅) (Glue was made of boiling bones)
This part of the body is "in exchange" when making glue.  
脖
JLPT HSK 5
neck, collar
bó
肉 冖 子
Left: body part 月/肉, right: 孛 (from above: head 十, emphasized broad neck 冖, small rest 子 of the body)
The body part that is here emphasized is the neck.  
捐
JLPT HSK 5
to contribute, taxation, donation, to abandon
juān
扌 肙 肉
Left: hand 扌/手, right: small worm 肙 (The head 口 is as big as the body 月/肉)
On the hand a small worm, which I contribute as taxation.  
肿
JLPT HSK 6
to swell, swelling, tumor
zhǒng
肉 中
Left: body part 月/肉, right: center 中
At a body part it forms a 'middle': A swelling.  
腔
JLPT HSK 6
cavity of body, compartment, tune, melody, speak out
qiāng
肉 穴 工
Left:body part 月/肉, right: sky, empty 空 (... appears, where a hole 穴 is built 工 in.)
The body parts where sth. empty was built in, are the body's cavities.  
膜
JLPT HSK 6
membrane, film
mó
肉 莫
Left: part of body 月/肉, right: negative 莫 - [Here: 艹 as 2x10 十 parts, 日 as image of a membrane and 大 as one big part]
The part of the body where there are 20 [small] parts on one side and one large part on the other, is: the membrane 日.  
胎
JLPT HSK 6
fetus, embryo, (air-)tire(=轮胎)
tāi
肉 台
Left: (part of the) body 月/肉, right: stage, tribune, platform, rack 台 (The nose 厶 is above the mouth 口 as if on a tribune.
A body part serves a platform (= womb) for: the fetus.  
肖
JLPT HSK 6
similar, to resemble, to be like
xiào
肖 肉
Top: var. of small 小, below: body 月/肉
Small bodies are alike.  
肺
JLPT HSK 6
lungs
fèi
肉 市
Left: body part 月/肉, right: simplification of city 市 (Better: shoulders 一, lungs/chest 冂 and middle of the body 丨)
The body part, with the lobes 冂 of the lung lateral to the middle 丨 of the body is: the lungs.  
胀
JLPT HSK 6
to swell, swollen, to be bloated
zhàng
肉 長
Left: body part 月/肉, right: long 长/長 (Long mane in the wind of a galloping horse)
A body part that is elongated, is: swollen.  
胞
JLPT HSK 6
placenta, womb, born of the same parents
bāo
肉 包
Left: body part 月/肉, right: wrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
The bodypart for "wrapping" is the placenta.  
脂
JLPT HSK 6
fat, rouge (cosmetics), resin
zhī
肉 旨 匕
Left: meat/body 月/肉, right: order, purpose 旨 (If sb. is sitting 匕 in sun 日 he has the purpose [to indicate with the fingers 指])
Meat/Flesh has been 'ordered' to contain: fat.  
腹
JLPT HSK 6
stomach, abdomen, belly
fù
肉 复
Left: body part 月/肉, right: repeat, again 复 (Lying or sitting in sun 日 sitting cross-legged 夂 is to be repeated)
A body part that repeatingly [hurts] is the belly.  
脉
JLPT HSK 6
arteries and veins, (blood) vessels
mài
肉 永
Left: body part 月/肉, right: forever 永 (I emphasize 丶 water 水 has been forever.)
The body part through which the emphasized 'water' flows are the: arteries and veins.  
筋
JLPT HSK 6
muscle, tendon
jīn
竹 肉 力
Top: bamboo 竹, below: ribs 肋 (= The body's part 月/肉 that resists with force 力 (against pressure) are the ribs.)
They are like bamboo('s fiber) are the body gets its strength by the: muscles and tendons.  
膝
JLPT HSK 6
knee
xī
肉
Learn this together with "lacquer/varnish" 漆 [qī] = "From the water/sap 氵of this tree 木 the person 人 makes drops 水 of: lacquer 漆"
(In former times they had wooden lacquered knee-protectors) The body part 月/肉 with the lacquer 漆 are the: knee.  
肢
JLPT HSK 6
limb
zhī
肉 支
Left: body part 月/肉, right: twig / branch 支 (hand 又 that holds a twig 十)
The body's "branches" are the limbs.  
膨
JLPT HSK 6
swollen, to swell, inflated, expand
péng
肉 壴 彡
Left: body('s part) 月/肉, right: drums 彭 (壴 [twig 十 over bean/drums 豆], right: hair 彡)
This body's part is big as 10 beans and hairy, and is: swelling.  
臂
JLPT HSK 6
arm
bì
辟 肉
Top: anal penetration, torture 辟 (buttock from the side 尸, anus 口, needle 辛 as symbol for penetration or torture), bottom: body part 月/肉
You can penetrate into sth. with this body part: The arm.  
腥
JLPT HSK 6
fishy (smell)
xīng
肉 星
Left: body part 月/肉, right: star 星 (Suns 日 with life 生 are the stars.)
If the body is already at the stars, it has a bad smell.  
腻
JLPT HSK 6
greasy, unctuous, intimate, tired of
nì
肉 贝 二 弋
Left: body part 月/肉, right: two (anti-fraud) 贰 (Two 二 sabers 弋 and the money 贝 become an anti-fraud two.)
For the body I received two sabers and money because it was so greasy.  
膛
JLPT HSK 6
chest (of body), hollow space
táng
肉
Left: body part 月/肉, right: (main) hall 堂 (= A roof 宀 with reinforcements 丷 for a hall 口 on the ground 土)
The body part with a "hall" is the chest.  
肪
JLPT HSK 6
animal fat
fáng
肉 方
Left: body part 月/肉, right: direction, side, square 方
The body is on its sides: fat.  
惰
JLPT HSK 6
laziness, lazy
duò
忄 惰 左 肉
Left: feeling 忄, right: left 左, body 月/肉
(When you are a right-handed person:) I feel that my left body (= left half of the body) is lazy.  
肴
JLPT HSK 6
deli food, (meat or fish) dishes, mixed viands
yáo
肉 有
Top: cross 㐅, below: have/exist 有 (I have hand and body 月/肉, thus I exist.)
I marked with the cross 㐅, which I want to have 有 from this deli food.  
瘸
JLPT HSK 6
crippled, lame
qué
疒 加 肉
Outside: disease 疒 (An ice- 冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), inside: to add 加, body 肉
The disease that looks like "adding body/flesh" is to be: crippled.  
肾
JLPT no HSK
kidney
shèn
肉
Top: (knife刂, hand 又), bottom: body part 月/肉
(It is located rather central in the body near the spine) A knife in a hand can cut out this body part: The kidney.  
肝
JLPT no HSK
liver
gān
肉 干
Left: body part 月/肉, right: dry 干 (laundry rack)
(no fluid flows out) A body part that is relatively dry, is the liver.  
腊
JLPT no HSK
December, preserved (meat)
là
肉 昔
Left: body, meat 月/肉, right: former times 昔 (Together 共 in the sun 日 we think of former days)
When we eat the meat from former times (= sth. preserved), it is: December.  
髓
JLPT no HSK
marrow (spinal or plant's stem), essence, pith
suǐ
骨 惰 辶 左 肉
Left: skeleton 骨, right: 遀 (movement 辶, part of lazy 惰 [I feel 忄, that the left 左 [half] of my body 月/肉 is lazy])
The skeleton has during movement sth. lazy: The marrow.  
脊
JLPT no HSK
spine, ridge, back
jǐ
北 肉
This character is seen as variation of back/stature: 背 with two persons 北 sitting back-to-back
'Back-to-back' the persons are sitting with this body part: The spine.  
祭
JLPT no HSK
to offer sacrifice
jì
祭 示 肉
Top: part of body 月 (cf: meat 肉), hand , below: to show 示 (image of an altar with a sacrifice on it)
A body is laid by hand on the altar: as sacrifice.  
胚
JLPT no HSK
embryo, fetus
pēi
肉 丕
Left: body part 月/肉, right: great, grand 丕 (Between two 二 boundaries something small 小 can be: great.)
The body part that is small 小 within the womb 二 is: the embryo.  
腺
JLPT no HSK
gland
xiàn
肉 泉 白 水
Left: body part 月/肉, right: spring/fountain 泉 (... of white 白 water 水)
The body's "springs" are the glands.  
肘
JLPT no HSK
elbow, pork shoulder
zhǒu
肉 寸
Left: body part 月/肉, right: skillful hand 寸
The body part, which a 'skillful hand' needs: The elbow.  
脯
JLPT no HSK
chest, breast, dried meat, preserved fruit
fǔ, pú
肉 甫
Left: body part 月/肉, right: just now 甫 (A hand for holding an item 丶is what I need 用 just now) Here: 甫 as an image of a chest with shoulders 一 on top and the chest (or ribs) 月 underneath.
The part of the body that looks like the chest.  
朕
JLPT no HSK
I, we (imperial use), subtle
zhèn
朕 肉 丷 关
Left: body 月/肉, right: to close 关 (The mountain pass 丷 in the sky 天 is closed.)
A body directly 丷 from heaven: that's Us.  
婿
JLPT no HSK
son-in-law
xù
女 疋 正 肉
Left: woman 女, right: 胥 (var. of correct/proper 正, body 月/肉)
The woman wants a "proper body" as son-in-law.  
腮
JLPT no HSK
cheek (esp. lower cheek), jaw, gills (of fish)
sāi
肉 思
Left: body part 月/肉, right: to think 思 (... with your brain 田 and your heart 心)
The body part of "thinkers" is the lower cheek.  
肮
JLPT no HSK
dirty, filthy
āng
肉 亢
Left: body, meat 月/肉, right: overbearing 亢 (The sturdy navigator 亢 known from navigation 航 with a broad neck and wearing a cap.)
The body of the navigator is dirty.  
臀
JLPT no HSK
butt, buttocks
tún
尸 共 殳 肉
Top: palace hall 殿 (Buttocks 尸 together 共 with the weapons in their hands 殳 are in the palace), bottom: body part 月/肉
The 'palace' among the body parts is the: buttocks.  
胰
JLPT no HSK
soap, pancreas
yí
肉 夷
Left: body 月/肉, right: barbarians 夷 (= They have big 大 bows 弓)
The bodies of the barbarians should be soaped.  
膳
JLPT no HSK
nutrition, meals
shàn
肉 善 羊
Left: body part 月/肉, right: goodness, benevolent 善 (A sheep 羊 standing 立 with a gaping mouth 口 is good and benevolent)
For the body it is good: the nutrition.  
腕
JLPT no HSK
wrist
wàn
肉 宛 宀 夗
Left: bodypart 月/肉, right: as if 宛 (When I at home 宀 in the evening 夕 slump 㔾 (e.g. on the TV-coach) it's always just similar.)
The body part that (hurts), when I am in my home, at the evening (after work) and am slumped, is the: wrist.  
豚
JLPT no HSK
suckling pig
tún
肉 豕
Left: body 月/肉, right: pig 豕
The body of a pig is (initially) a suckling pig.  
肋
JLPT no HSK
rib
lèi
肉 力
Left: body part 月/肉, right: power, force 力
(Otherwise the intestines would be very soft.) The body-part that resists with force (against pressure) are the ribs.  
脓
JLPT no HSK
pus, purulencem, pustule
nóng
肉 农
Left: body part 月/肉, right: peasant 农 (He wears cover 冖 at the clothes 衣 [because he has to go out in any weathers])
(Due to heavy work:) A 'body part' of the peasant is an abscess with pus.  
肛
JLPT no HSK
anus
gāng
肉 工
Left: body part 月/肉, right: to work 工
The body part that needs to work is the: anus?  
胺
JLPT no HSK
amine
àn
肉 安
Left: body part 月/肉, right: peaceful 安 (A woman 女 in the house 宀 makes it peaceful)
(The pungent ammonia smell soothes) The bodies that make it peaceful are the: amines.  
腑
JLPT no HSK
internal organs
fǔ
肉 府 付
Left: body('s parts) 月/肉, right: seat of government 府 (The building 广 in which it is handed over 付 [from a person 亻to a skillful hand 寸], is the seat of the government)
The body parts doing the 'government' are the internal organs.  
腓
JLPT no HSK
calf of leg, decay, protect
féi
肉 非
Left: body part 月/肉, right: not, denial 非 (inverted wings 羽)
At the lower leg || (= tibia & fibula) it extends 三 (backwards), the: calf.  
腋
JLPT no HSK
armpit, axil (botany, angle between stem and branch)
yè
肉 夜
Left: body part 月/肉, right: night 夜 (On the roof 亠 is a person 亻/人 watching the moon 月 during the night.)
The part of the body where (it is as) dark as night is the armpit.  
胥
JLPT no HSK
all, together, mutually, assist, to store
xū
肉 疋 正
Top: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct), below: bodypart 月/肉
The correct bodies assist each-other mutually.  
炙
JLPT no HSK
to roast, BBQ, to broil, to toast
zhì
肉 火
Top: meat 月/肉 lying flatly (as known for example from sacrifice 祭), below: fire 火
If the meat is over the fire, then it is roasted.  
臆
JLPT no HSK
feelings, opinion, thoughts, breast, bosom
yì
肉 音 心
Left: body part 月/肉, right: intention, thought, idea 意 (The sounds 音 of my heart 心 are my thoughts.)
The body part of my intentions is the breast where my feelings are.  
膺
JLPT no HSK
breast, receive
yīng
肉
Top: variant of wild goose 雁 (On the cliff 厂 and (big as) a person 亻 is a bird 隹: the wild goose.), bottom: body part 月/肉
(Its breast is particularly rich in meat:) The wild goose has in particular this body part: the breast.  
脐
JLPT no HSK
navel
qí
肉 文 齐
Left: body part 月/肉, right: be in the same level 齐 (A text 文 lays flatly on two vertical sticks 丿|, that are in the same level.)
The body's part that is always the same level (in the sense of: central) is the navel.  
胱
JLPT no HSK
bladder (urinary bladder)
guāng
肉 光
Left: body part 月/肉, right: light, ray 光 (Fire 火 on legs 儿, which thus can be moved, serves as a light.)
The body's part through which light can shine, is the bladder.  
胤
JLPT no HSK
to inherit, descendant, heir, posterity
yìn
肉 糸
Outside: channel |乚, middle: thread 纟/糸, bodypart, meat 月/肉
A channel for the thread of the own body (= bloodline), when: inheriting.  

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