肾
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kidney
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 肉 +4
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 腎
- Common rank
- #2,600
- Unicode
- U+80BE
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
kidneys · Heisig RSH #2267
foiled again + part of the body
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 肾
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 去甲肾上腺素 | (biochemistry) norepinephrine; noradrenaline | |
| 肾上腺皮质 | adrenal cortex | |
| 肾小球 | glomerulus (medicine) | |
| 肾结石 | kidney stone | |
| 原肾管 | protonephridium (invertebrate anatomy) | |
| 肾上腺素 | adrenaline | |
| 肾上腺髓质 | adrenal medulla | |
| 肾上腺 | adrenal glands | |
| 走肾 | (med) retractile testicle; infatuation inducing; pee inducing (of alcohol); (neologism) to… | |
| 洗肾 | to have dialysis treatment | |
| 肾虚 | (TCM) kidney deficiency | |
| 肾炎 | kidney inflammation; nephritis | |
| 副肾 | adrenal glands | |
| 肾脏 | kidney | |
| 肾盂炎 | pyelitis (medicine) | |
| 肾衰竭 | kidney failure | |
| 肾盂 | renal pelvis (medicine) |