Why 肉 is written like 月?

[Aga]

Nimen hao!
I'm a student of sinology
our professor told us to explore 214 radicaks...
But I have a problem with 月 because I don't know why in some cases 肉 is written like 月?
The only thing I know that it doesn't have any etymological ground.
Could anybody answer me?
Thank You for your help!
Aga

[Dylan Sung]

The simplified rou/meat radical actually differs slightly to the yue/moon character. The rou/meat simplified radical has two slightly slanted dots instead of two horizontal lineow. However, it doens't always show clearly. Why? dunno.

Dyl.

[freesDream]

肉and月是different的两个字（词），只是看起来like.

[feethead]

you just met a bad writer ,that's my answer for you. LOL A bad writer like me possibly write down that confusing character trouble of you. As for me,"Meat" can be writed as other words just the word "内"/"inside"/"nei" .

i think my explaination can help you

[Alex_rcpilot]

You're only half way on your complete understanding 'bout written Chinese when've you got rid of all computerized fonts. People don't write the way characters appear on standard screen. We write fast and so the standard fonts deform. Maybe you can grab a Chinese guy's note book and try to figure what those things are. lol! You'll find it interesting. And don't forget to take a look at his face. Bad handwriters don't look so pround when you stare at stuff he's written.

[Adencetardder]

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[minghuan]

在古代，月是一个多音字，它的另一个音念：rou4.和肉一样。

[Chap]

The oracle-bone inscription word of "肉"


The oracle-bone inscription word of "月"

[viola125]

in my opinion, they are so different.

[milse]

In simplified chinese the meat radical is the same as the moon character. Why? I like minghuan's explanation the best. Did you understand it? Though you probably have found this answer already. It's been, what, three years?