How to Write 脍 (kuài) — Meaning “finely minced meat or fish”

Imagine a "meat" (月) "meeting" (会) your mouth very quickly because it is minced so fine. The sound of 会 (huì) is close to "quick" – think of a quick way to prepare meat by chopping it into tiny pieces.

Start with the left radical 月, which is narrow and takes 4 strokes: a left vertical stroke, a hook, then two horizontal lines. The right part 会 has 6 strokes: the top 人 (two strokes) then 云 (four strokes: horizontal, horizontal, hook, dot). Make sure the right side is wider than the left, and do not confuse the bottom part with 三 – it is 云 with a dot.

Compared to 脍, 朊 has the right side 元 (yuán) instead of 会 and means "protein" or "fat" – it is very rare. 朋 has two 月 radicals side by side and means "friend." Visually, 脍 has a single 月 on the left with a complex right part, while 朋 is symmetrical with two identical halves.

脍 is most often seen in the idiom 脍炙人口 (kuài zhì rén kǒu), which originally described delicious minced and roasted meat that everyone praises, and now means a work of art or literature that wins universal praise. It also appears in 鱼脍 (yú kuài), which refers to sliced raw fish or sashimi, especially in culinary contexts.

Common words containing 脍 include: 脍炙人口 (kuài zhì rén kǒu) — to win universal praise; to be popular (of a piece of writing or art); 脍炙 (kuài zhì) — minced and roasted meat; to be popular; 鱼脍 (yú kuài) — Sliced raw fish (sashimi).