192) 肉

rou

meat; flesh

Represents the shape of tissues (仌) that appear when a meat is cut (冂).

192yx) 府

fu

official residence; mansion

192y) 腐 / 腐败

fu / fubai

decay / corruption

government 府 [fǔ] + meat 肉192[ròu]

The government (府) is the center of power, and when meat (肉) is offered as a bribe, it is a sign of corruption.

192a) 朋

peng

friend; companion

meat 月²²¹→肉 [ròu] + meat 月→肉 [ròu]

Two similar-sized fish (肉) are tied together to form a two-row bundle of fish, representing people who share similar ideas becoming friends.

192b) 育

yu

educate

child  202a[tú] + meat 月²²¹→肉 [ròu]

192wx) 佥

qian

192w-67d*) 脸

lian

face

meat 月²²¹→肉¹⁹²[ròu] + all 佥 [qiān]

Of all (佥) the parts of one’s body (肉), the face is the most memorable.

192cx) 亠

tou

192cxx) 囟

xin

192c) 脑

nao

brain

meat 月 ²²¹→肉 [ròu] + head 亠¹[tóu] + fontanel 凶→囟^132h[xìn]

This character shows the image of brain in our head (亠), one of the most important organs in our human body (肉), covered (凶) with cranial bones

192dx) 半

ban

half

192d) 胖

pang

fat

meat 月²²¹→肉 [ròu] + half 半^175b[bàn]

people used to kill a cow for deriving the meat (肉) out of it to offer for memorial rites. Killing of cow is considered as an action of great sacrifice because the half (半) of something great should be sacrificed to get something more important. Later on, the meaning of ‘fat’ was derived from its original meaning ‘great.’