音読み: シ
訓読み: あぶら
画数: 10
部首: 月（にくづき）
Meaning
Fat / Grease / Tallow.
- 脂 — fat; grease
- 脂肪 — fat; body fat
- 油脂 — oils and fats
- 樹脂 — resin
- 脱脂 — defatting; removal of fat
- 脂身 — fatty part of meat
脂 is 月 “flesh/body” plus the phonetic 旨 (シ). It literally shows the fatty part of the body, and by extension means fat, grease, or resin.
Think of 油 “oil” and 脂 “fat.” Oil flows, while fat is solid and dense. Together they remind us of the different forms that grease takes.
Forms
脂肪 — fat; body fat