肪
obese, fat
Readings
On'yomi
- ボウ
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
肪 centers on excess body tissue: being obese or having fat. Both meanings point to the same physical idea of fatty flesh.
Most common words using 肪
20 of 57- 脂肪しぼうN2
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
- 脂肪酸しぼうさん
fatty acid
- 皮下脂肪ひかしぼう
subcutaneous fat
- 体脂肪たいしぼうN1
body fat; somatic fat
- オメガ3脂肪酸オメガさんしぼうさん
omega-3 fatty acid
- グリセリン脂肪酸エステルグリセリンしぼうさんエステル
glycerine fatty acid ester
- トランス脂肪酸トランスしぼうさん
trans-fatty acid; trans-fatty acids; trans fat; trans fats
- 一価不飽和脂肪酸いっかふほうわしぼうさん
monounsaturated fatty acid
- 不可欠脂肪酸ふかけつしぼうさん
essential fatty acid; EFA
- 不飽和脂肪酸ふほうわしぼうさん
unsaturated fatty acid
- 中性脂肪ちゅうせいしぼう
neutral fat; neutral lipid; triglyceride
- 乳脂肪にゅうしぼう
butterfat; milk fat
- 低脂肪ていしぼう
low-fat
- 低脂肪乳ていしぼうにゅう
low-fat milk
- 低脂肪牛乳ていしぼうぎゅうにゅう
low-fat milk
- 体脂肪率たいしぼうりつ
body fat percentage
- 内臓脂肪ないぞうしぼう
visceral fat
- 動物性脂肪どうぶつせいしぼう
animal fat
- 多価不飽和脂肪酸たかふほうわしぼうさん
polyunsaturated fatty acid
- 小児脂肪便症しょうにしぼうびんしょう
celiac disease; coeliac disease
Study
Etymology
肪 combines ⺼ (flesh/meat) with 方, which likely contributes the sound. The flesh radical points to the meaning related to body tissue or fat.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side ⺼ is flesh, and the right side 方 looks like a square chunk. Picture a square slab of fatty flesh: that's 肪, meaning fat or obese.
Reading mnemonic
For ボウ, imagine a bow (as in bow and arrow) made of fat: bow -> ボウ, and the fatty bow is too soft to shoot.