脂 — fat, grease, tallow

あぶら脂 fat

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes

U+8102 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1548 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #494 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

fat
grease
tallow
lard
rosin
gum
tar

word

あぶら abura Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

脂(あぶら) abura fat

し shi On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

脂(し) 肪(ぼう) shibou fat 樹(じゅ) 脂(し) jushi resin

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

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うまい旨 delicious

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