油 – oil, fat

8 strokesTaught in grade 3#690 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 油 means oil, fat. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ユ、ユウ (yu, yuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あぶら (abura). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ユ	yu
On’yomi	ユウ	yuu
Kun’yomi	あぶら	abura

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: ｜・汁・日・田.

Words using 油

醤油しょうゆsoy sauce油あぶらoil石油せきゆoil灯油とうゆkerosene油断ゆだんnegligence原油げんゆcrude oil油絵あぶらえoil painting

Example sentences

同社は醤油その他の食品を生産する。

The company produces soy sauce and other food products.

Tatoeba #123656

私の服は油で汚れていた。

My clothes were dirty with oil.

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この国には石油が乏しい。

Oil is scarce in this country.

Tatoeba #221945

Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.