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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1548 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: fat, grease, tallow, lard, rosin, gum, tar

Kunyomi: あぶら

Onyomi: シ

Composition: 月 旨

脂

Radical

Radical: 肉

Reading: にくづき

Meaning: meat

Strokes: 4

Reading: にくづき

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Examples

Examples with audio

脂肪(しぼう)   fat, grease, blubber

脂質(ししつ)   lipid, fats, adipose

油脂(ゆし)   fat, fats and oils

脂(あぶら)   fat, tallow, lard

脂身(あぶらみ)   fatty meat

脂性(あぶらしょう)   tendency to get oily (skin)

脂っこい(あぶらっこい)   greasy, fatty, oily

Onyomi Examples

脂肪 (シボウ) fat, grease, blubber, lard, suet

脂質 (シシツ) lipid

樹脂 (ジュシ) resin, rosin

皮脂 (ヒシ) sebum, sebaceous matter

Kunyomi Examples

脂 (あぶら) fat, tallow, lard, grease

脂っこい (あぶらっこい) greasy, fatty, oily

背脂 (せあぶら) back fat, fatty upper part of roast pork

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