Memory phrase for the Kanji: 油


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Meaning

oil

Pronunciation

YU
abura

Explanation

Left: water , right: reason (field with sprout )

Mnemonic

Water is with reason no oil.

Radicals

waterThe radical sanzui is a short form of water
reason, causeA rice field with a sprouting plant A field with just one sprouting plant: there must be a reason.
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Vocabulary

 油  あぶら  oil
 醤油  しょうゆ  soy sauce
 菜種油  なたねあぶら  rapeseed oil
 原油  げんゆ  crude oil
 油断  ゆだん  negligence, unpreparedness
 油絵  あぶらえ  oil painting​
 灯油  とうゆ  lamp oil

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