脂

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: あぶら

画数かくすう: 10

部首ぶしゅ: にくづき(月)

Meaning

Fat / Grease / Tallow.

  • あぶら — fat; grease
  • 脂肪しぼう — fat; body fat
  • 油脂ゆし — oils and fats
  • 樹脂じゅし — resin
  • 脱脂だっし — defatting; removal of fat
  • 脂身あぶらみ — fatty part of meat

脂 is “flesh/body” plus the phonetic (シ). It literally shows the fatty part of the body, and by extension means fat, grease, or resin.

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