Kanji

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:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: にくづき

Meaning: meat

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

肪(しぼう)   fat, grease, blubber

質(ししつ)   lipid, fats, adipose

(ゆし)   fat, fats and oils

(あぶら)   fat, tallow, lard

身(あぶらみ)   fatty meat

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

っこい(あぶらっこい)   greasy, fatty, oily

Onyomi Examples

シボウ fat, grease, blubber, lard, suet

シシツ lipid

ジュシ resin, rosin

ヒシ sebum, sebaceous matter

Kunyomi Examples

あぶら fat, tallow, lard, grease

っこい あぶらっこい greasy, fatty, oily

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