Memory phrase for the character: 油

油

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Meaning

oil, fat, grease

Pronunciation

yóu

Explanation

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

Mnemonic
 
Water is with reason no oil.

Radicals

氵 waterSimplified from this water 水
由 reason, causeFirst, the root shoot 丨 bursts its shell 田 (cf. armor, shield 甲). And this gives the sprout丨 on the field 田 its reason 由.




 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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