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Fat Meat 脂 シ あぶら Grease Tallow Lard

Kanji
Onyomi
Kunyomi あぶら
English fat, grease, tallow, lard, rosin, gum, tar
Examples 脂肪(しぼう): fat; grease; blubber
脂(あぶら): fat; tallow; lard; grease
JLPT Level 2
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1548
Components 肉: meat
旨: delicious; relish; show a liking for; purport; will; clever; expert
Number of Strokes 10
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 130
Radical Strokes 6
Radical Reading にく・にくづき
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword fat
Koohii Story 1 Every chef will tell you, fat is what make the meat taste delicious.
Koohii Story 2 Fat is the most delicious part of the flesh. (Note this refers to physical fat, not the concept of obesity obese (#494)).
RTK Index 456

Tags: jlpt.n2, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000, kanji_nature_substance

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