Memory phrase for the character: 油

油

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Meaning

oil

Pronunciation

YU
abura

Explanation

 Left: water 氵, right: reason 由 (.. for the sprout 丨 on the field 田)

Mnemonic
 
Water is with reason no oil.

Radicals

氵 waterThe radical sanzui 氵 is a short form of water 水
由 reason, causeThe sprout丨 on the field 田 has its reason 由. (That's after the root shoot 丨 burst its shell 甲.)




 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
鯨油 げいゆ  whale oil

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