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脂

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

grease

HSK 7 N2

Human →Body →Body Parts

zhī

シ

あぶら

지

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 旨 represents the sound.

Components

⺼ meat (side)+ 旨 purpose =

脂 grease

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat (side)

meat

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

旨 Phonetic component

zhǐ purpose

purpose, aim

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

脂

Regular

Modern

Chinese

脂 [zhī]

fat; rouge (cosmetics); resin

Japanese

脂、膏 (rare) 、膩 (rare) あぶら同音

noun fat; tallow; lard; grease

脂、膠 (rare) やに、ヤニ同音

noun

usually kana resin (from trees)
usually kana (tobacco) tar; nicotine
usually kana sleep (in one's eyes); eye discharge

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (2)

肌が脂っぽいのです。

I have greasy skin.

歯医者で歯についたたばこのヤニを取ってもらうと、費用はどれくらいかかるでしょう？

About how much does it cost to have a dentist remove cigarette tar from your teeth?

CHINESE WORDS (84)

脂肪 [zhīfáng] #6,297

fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food)

油脂 [yóuzhī] #14,379

树脂 [shùzhī] #18,132

树脂 [shùzhī] #18,132

脱脂 [tuōzhī] #14,795

脱脂 [tuōzhī] #14,795

脂肪酸 [zhīfángsuān] #23,011

血脂 [xuèzhī] #54,885

胭脂 [yānzhī] #30,775

磷脂 [línzhī] #47,292

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JAPANESE WORDS (187)

⭐ 脂 [あぶら] #11,667

⭐ 脂肪 [しぼう] #13,045

脂汗 [あぶらあせ] #13,330

⭐ 樹脂 [じゅし] #31,659

脂ぎる [あぶらぎる] #39,503

to become greasy

⭐ 脂身 [あぶらみ] #43,656

脂っこい [あぶらっこい] #47,420

えんじ色 [えんじいろ] #51,711

膏薬 [こうやく] #52,714

臙脂 [えんじ] #61,876

dark-red pigment

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KOREAN WORDS (6)

fatty substance

subcutaneous fat