油

See also: 沺

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

油 (radical 85 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水中田 (ELW), four-corner 3516₀, composition ⿰氵由)

1. oil, fat, grease, lard
2. paints

References

• KangXi: page 614, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17253
• Dae Jaweon: page 1007, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1585, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6CB9

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Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóu, yòu (you², you⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ, ㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): yù
• Min Nan (POJ): iû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ
    • Wade-Giles: yu²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: you
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯oʊ̯³⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
    • Wade-Giles: yu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴
    • Yale: yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yù
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /ju¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû
    • Tâi-lô: iû
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³/

Noun

油

1. oil, fat, grease, lard
2. paints

Compounds

• 加油站
• 蛇油 (shéyóu)
• 油漆
• 油桃

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Japanese

Kanji

油

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. oil

Readings

• On: ゆ (yu), ゆう (yū)
• Kun: あぶら (abura)

Kanji in this term

油

あぶら Grade: 3

kun'yomi

Noun

油 (hiragana あぶら, romaji abura)

1. oil

Idioms

• 油 (あぶら)を売 (う)る (abura o uru, “waste time”)

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Korean

Hanja

油 (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune-Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

油 (du, dầu, dẫu, dàu, dư, dù, du, rầu, trầu)

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