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脂 = 月 + 旨

脂 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “fat”. It is built from 月 (month) and 旨 (delicious). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 494.

Keyword
fat
RTK frame
494
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あぶら
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
жирный
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
脂 fat

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 月 month
  2. 旨 delicious

How to find 脂 without knowing its reading

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

Open 脂 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.