Memory phrase for the Kanji: 油


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Meaning

oil, fat, grease

Pronunciation

yóu

Explanation

Left: water , right: reason (The sprout/seedling in the field has its reason)

Mnemonic

Water is with reason no oil.

Radicals

Water
reason, causeA rice field with a sprouting plant
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Vocabulary

 柴油机  chái yóu jī  diesel engine
 油箱  yóu xiāng  oil tank
 柏油  bǎi yóu  asphalt; tar; pitch
 芝麻油  zhī ma yóu  sesame oil
 桐油  tóng yóu  tung oil, from the Japanese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata, used in making lacquer
 油棕  yóu zōng  oil palm
 油腻  yóu nì  grease; greasy food; oily; rich (of food); fatty; greasy and dirty; a slippery character
 防油溅网  fáng yóu jiàn wǎng  splatter screen
 油猾  yóu huá  sly; slick
 酥油  sū yóu  butter
 榨油  zhà yóu  to extract oil from vegetables; to press
 榨油  zhà yóu  

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