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油 = 氵 + 由

油 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “oil”. It is built from 氵 (water) and 由 (cause).

Keyword
oil
Pinyin (Mandarin)
yóu
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
oil, fat, grease, lard, жир, масло, сало, fat, grease, lard
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
油 oil

Decomposition

ids

  1. 氵 water
  2. 由 cause

How to find 油 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “cause”. 油 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 油 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.