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Apparent
丕
肉
⿰⺼
丕
Mandarin
pei1
English
Definitions
foetus; fetus; embryo; unfinished things
Mnemonic
Relating to the body
肉
Etymology
Notes
不
may have originally meant a newborn child; if so then this is another case of a character retaining the old meaning by adding a radical to it