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油 = 水 + 由

油 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “oil”. It is built from 水 (water) and 由 (wherefore). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1188.

Keyword
oil
RTK frame
1188
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ユ, ユウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あぶら
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
нефть
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
油 oil

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 由 wherefore

How to find 油 without knowing its reading

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

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