Meat

Interesting Fact

🐎 For over 1,000 years, eating meat from animals like cows and horses was widely discouraged in Japan under the influence of Buddhism. That changed during the Meiji Era, when the government encouraged meat eating as a way to improve nutrition and strengthen the nation. 🎁 Bonus Fact (Very Memorable) When Kanji 肉 appears on the left side or bottom of another kanji, it often changes into the radical ⺼. That's why many body-related kanji, such as 腕 (arm), 背 (back), and 胃 (stomach), contain the "meat" radical—because ancient Chinese viewed the human body as flesh.