腩 (nǎn): brisket; belly meat (the soft m…

Meanings

1 brisket; belly meat (the soft meat from a cow's underside and ribs)

Characters

腩

nǎn

brisket; belly meat

Examples

这家饭店的红烧牛腩很好吃。

Zhè jiā fàndiàn de hóngshāo niúnǎn hěn hǎochī.

This restaurant's braised beef brisket is excellent.

牛腩面是经典的香港美食。

Niúnǎn miàn shì jīngdiǎn de Xiānggǎng měishí.

Beef brisket noodles are a classic Hong Kong dish.

Tips

usage

Mostly used in the food word 牛腩 (beef brisket / flank), especially common in Cantonese cuisine. It refers to the soft, fatty meat from the cow's belly, not sirloin.

Components

radical

⺼ ròu

flesh; meat (left-side radical)

The meat-flesh radical on the left, side-form of 肉 (it looks like 月 moon but is a different radical). It marks body-flesh words. Same family as 肚 belly and 肌 muscle.

phonetic

南 nán

south

Right side 南 supplies the sound (nán → nǎn, just a tone change). It lends only its reading, not its 'south' meaning, to this cut-of-meat word.