fat, grease, tallow, lard, rosin, gum, tar
脂 centers on oily or fatty substances from animals and plants: fat, grease, tallow, lard, and sticky plant-derived materials like rosin, gum, or tar.
脂 combines the flesh radical ⺼ with 旨, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of something rich or desirable, together suggesting animal fat or grease.
The flesh radical ⺼ on the left hints at animal tissue, and 旨 on the right looks like a spoon over a pot, as if rendering fat. Picture melting fat from meat into a rich, oily substance.
For シ, imagine a chef saying 'She' as she skims the fat from the broth: 'She' -> シ, and the fat is 脂.
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
fat; tallow; lard; grease
resin; rosin
fatty acid
lipid
fats and oils
resin (from trees)
sebum; sebaceous matter
dark-red pigment; rouge
fat (of meat); fatty meat
greasy; fatty; oily
subcutaneous fat
powdered skim milk; skimmed milk powder; non-fat dry milk
beef tallow
(pine) resin; turpentine
cold sweat; greasy sweat
to become greasy; to become oily
removal of fat
absorbent cotton; cotton wool
oiliness (of skin); (having) greasy skin