脂
fat; rouge (cosmetics); resin
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Dict coverage rank #1,229 U+8102
How 脂 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺼ (semantic, “flesh”) + 旨 (phonetic, zhǐ)
How to remember it
grease · Heisig RSH #464
旨 purpose + 体 body
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 旨
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 旨 (zhǐ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 旨 sound component | zhǐ | aim, intention, purpose, will |
| 酯 | zhǐ | ester |
| 稽 | jī | to examine, to investigate |
| 鮨 | qí | sushi; seasoned rice mixed with fish |
Words containing 脂
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 代可可脂 | dài kě kě zhī | (loanword) cocoa butter substitute |
| 高脂血症 | gāo zhī xuè zhèng | high blood fat disease; hyperlipidemia; hypertriglyceridemia |
| 米脂县 | Mǐ zhī Xiàn | Mizhi, a county in Yulin City 榆林市[Yu2 lin2 Shi4], Shaanxi |
| 高血脂 | gāo xuè zhī | see 高脂血症[gao1 zhi1 xue4 zheng4] |
| 可可脂 | kě kě zhī | (loanword) cocoa butter |
| 安息香脂 | ān xī xiāng zhī | benzoinum; benzoin resin (used in TCM) |
| 脂质体 | zhī zhì tǐ | liposome (bilayer lipid vesicle) |
| 羊脂白玉 | yáng zhī bái yù | sheep-fat white jade, a type of jade |
| 脂蛋白 | zhī dàn bái | lipoprotein |
| 甘油三脂 | gān yóu sān zhī | triglyceride |
| 脂粉气 | zhī fěn qì | feminine quality; effeminate |
| 体脂 | tǐ zhī | body fat |
| 环氧树脂 | huán yǎng shù zhī | epoxy resin (chemistry) |
| 软脂酸 | ruǎn zhī suān | palmitic acid (chemistry) |
| 血脂 | xuè zhī | blood lipid |
| 油脂 | yóu zhī | grease; oil; fat |
| 羊毛脂 | yáng máo zhī | lanolin; wool oil |
| 米脂 | Mǐ zhī | see 米脂縣|米脂县[Mi3 zhi1 Xian4] |
| 香脂 | xiāng zhī | balsam; face cream |
| 脂酸 | zhī suān | see 脂肪酸[zhi1 fang2 suan1] |