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肪 = 月 + 方

肪 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “obese”. It is built from 月 (month) and 方 (direction). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 533.

Keyword
obese
RTK frame
533
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ボウ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
тучный
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
肪 animal fat

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 月 month
  2. 方 direction

How to find 肪 without knowing its reading

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

Open 肪 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.