How to Write 脢 (méi) — Meaning “pork loin”

Think of the phrase "Every (每) month (月) I eat pork loin." The radical 月 looks like a month, and 每 means "every," so you can imagine eating a specific cut of meat each month. This connects the sound and meaning visually.

Write the left radical 月 first (4 strokes: 撇, 横折钩, 横, 横) and then the right part 每 (7 strokes: 撇, 横, 竖折, 横折钩, 点, 横, 点). A common mistake is making the right side too wide or confusing the bottom of 每 with 母. Keep 脢 balanced: the left narrow, the right slightly wider.

脢 (méi) means "pork loin" and has the right component 每. 朐 (qú) means "dried meat" or a place name, and uses the right component 句. 朔 (shuò) means "new moon" and has the radical 月 on the right with 屰 on the left. Focus on the different right or left parts to tell them apart.

脢 appears mainly in culinary settings, such as menus or recipes, to refer to specific cuts of pork like tenderloin or loin. It is not a common HSK word, but you might see it in phrases like 脢肉 (loin meat) or 猪脢 (pork tenderloin). In some regions, it carries a premium connotation because tenderloin is a prized cut.

Common words containing 脢 include: 脢肉 (méi ròu) — loin meat; 猪脢 (zhū méi) — pork loin; tenderloin; 脢条 (méi tiáo) — pork tenderloin strip.