Memory phrase for the Kanji: 脂

脂

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Meaning fat, rouge (cosmetics), resin

Pronunciation

zhī

Explanation

Left: meat/body 月/肉, right: order, purpose 旨 (If sb. is sitting 匕 in sun 日 he has the purpose [to indicate with the fingers 指])

Mnemonic
 
Meat/Flesh has been 'ordered' to contain: fat.

Radicals

肉 body partThis radical is on the left in compound words and is simplified as "月", which then looks like “moon, month 月”, but still has the meaning “body part”.
旨 order, purpose
匕 spoon, ladleIn the explanations this radical is also used as a sitting person. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
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 Vocabulary

树脂 shù zhī  resin
油脂 yóu zhī  grease; oil; fat
琼脂 qióng zhī  agar
脂肪 zhī fáng  body fat
鞘脂 qiào zhī  sphingolipid
鞘脂 qiào zhī  

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