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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Cantonese

Hanzi

油 (Yale yau4)

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Japanese

Kanji

油 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

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

Noun

油 (hiragana あぶら, romaji abura)

1. oil

   油を売る

   あぶらをうる
   abura o uru

   to waste time

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

油 (pinyin yóu (you2), yòu (you4), Wade-Giles yu², yu⁴)

Compounds

• 油漆 (yóuqī)
• 油桃 (yóutáo)
• 蛇油 (shéyoú)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

油 (POJ iû)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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