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脂

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fat; rouge (cosmetics); resin

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
10
Radical
肉 +6
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
脂
Common rank
#1,229
Unicode
U+8102

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

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How 脂 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

⺼ meaning “flesh” + 旨 sound ( zhǐ )

Components ⺼ 旨

How to remember it

grease · Heisig RSH #464

旨 purpose + 体 body

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 脂

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
代可可脂 dài kě kě zhī (loanword) cocoa butter substitute
高脂血症 gāo zhī xuè zhèng high blood fat disease; hyperlipidemia; hypertriglyceridemia
米脂县 Mǐ zhī Xiàn Mizhi, a county in Yulin City 榆林市[Yu2 lin2 Shi4], Shaanxi
高血脂 gāo xuè zhī see 高脂血症[gao1 zhi1 xue4 zheng4]
可可脂 kě kě zhī (loanword) cocoa butter
安息香脂 ān xī xiāng zhī benzoinum; benzoin resin (used in TCM)
脂质体 zhī zhì tǐ liposome (bilayer lipid vesicle)
羊脂白玉 yáng zhī bái yù sheep-fat white jade, a type of jade
脂蛋白 zhī dàn bái lipoprotein
甘油三脂 gān yóu sān zhī triglyceride
脂粉气 zhī fěn qì feminine quality; effeminate
体脂 tǐ zhī body fat
环氧树脂 huán yǎng shù zhī epoxy resin (chemistry)
软脂酸 ruǎn zhī suān palmitic acid (chemistry)
血脂 xuè zhī blood lipid
油脂 yóu zhī grease; oil; fat
羊毛脂 yáng máo zhī lanolin; wool oil
米脂 Mǐ zhī see 米脂縣|米脂县[Mi3 zhi1 Xian4]
香脂 xiāng zhī balsam; face cream
脂酸 zhī suān see 脂肪酸[zhi1 fang2 suan1]

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 旨 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
旨 sound part zhǐ aim, intention, purpose, will
酯 zhǐ ester
稽 jī to examine, to investigate
鮨 qí sushi; seasoned rice mixed with fish