漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
脂: fat, grease
Also: tallow, lard, rosin, gum, tar
JLPT N210 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
月 carries the meaning · 旨 gives the sound
10 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
シshi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 脂肪しぼうfat, grease, blubber
- 脂質ししつlipid, fats, adipose
- 油脂ゆしfat, fats and oils
あぶらabura · kun'yomi · on its own
- 脂あぶらfat, tallow, lard
- 脂身あぶらみfatty meat
- 脂性あぶらしょうtendency to get oily (skin)
- 脂っこいあぶらっこいgreasy, fatty, oily
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)肉 meat, as 月 (meaning) + 旨 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 脂 (rev. 93443692), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Meat (肉/月) + delicious (旨). This refers to the most "delicious" and flavorful part of the meat—the rich, satisfying fat.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
旨
Also built on delicious (旨)
脂 takes the 旨 family's reading, シ (shi).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side脂 fat · 月
vs指 finger · 扌In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhī
Same form: 脂 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 脂 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 脂 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhī most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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