脂 – fat, grease, tallow

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1548 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 脂 means fat, grease, tallow, lard, rosin, gum, tar. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シ (shi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あぶら (abura). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 肉 (no. 130).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シ	shi
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: 肉 (Kangxi radical 130). Components: 月・日・匕.

Words using 脂

脂あぶらfat脂肪しぼうfat

Example sentences

肌が脂っぽいのです。

I have greasy skin.

Tatoeba #121343

脂肪分は減らしたほうがいいですね。

You had better cut out the fat.

Tatoeba #151189

Kanji with the same radical

能育脳背脱肉臓肝胸腕脅肩腐脚腹膨

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