肪

肪 U+80AA, 肪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80AA ← 肩 [U+80A9] CJK Unified Ideographs 肫 → [U+80AB]

Translingual

Han character

肪 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+4, 8 strokes, Cangjie input 月卜竹尸 (BYHS), four-corner 7022₇, composition ⿰⺼方)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 975, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29302
• Dae Jaweon: page 1427, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2052, character 4
• Unihan data for U+80AA

Chinese

trad.		肪
simp. #		肪

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (方) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
縍	*paːŋ
榜	*paːŋʔ, *praːŋs, *braːŋ
蒡	*paːŋʔ, *braːŋ
牓	*paːŋʔ
螃	*paːŋʔ, *paːŋs, *baːŋ
搒	*paːŋs, *braːŋ
舫	*paːŋs, *paŋs
謗	*paːŋs
雱	*pʰaːŋ
磅	*pʰaːŋ, *pʰraːŋ
霶	*pʰaːŋ
滂	*pʰaːŋ
鎊	*pʰaːŋ
髈	*pʰaːŋʔ, *baːŋ
彷	*baːŋ, *pʰaŋʔ
趽	*baːŋ, *paŋ, *paŋs
房	*baːŋ, *baŋ
篣	*baːŋ, *braːŋ
騯	*baːŋ, *praːŋ, *braːŋ
傍	*baːŋ, *baːŋs
膀	*baːŋ
旁	*baːŋ
徬	*baːŋs
閍	*praːŋ
祊	*praːŋ
嗙	*praːŋ
方	*paŋ, *baŋ
汸	*paŋ
坊	*paŋ, *baŋ
邡	*paŋ, *pʰaŋs
枋	*paŋ
鈁	*paŋ
蚄	*paŋ
肪	*paŋ, *baŋ
鴋	*paŋ, *baŋ
牥	*paŋ
昉	*paŋʔ
瓬	*paŋʔ
放	*paŋʔ, *paŋs
倣	*paŋʔ
芳	*pʰaŋ
淓	*pʰaŋ
妨	*pʰaŋ, *pʰaŋs
紡	*pʰaŋʔ
仿	*pʰaŋʔ
髣	*pʰaŋʔ
鶭	*pʰaŋʔ
訪	*pʰaŋs
防	*baŋ, *baŋs
魴	*baŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *paŋ, *baŋ): semantic 肉 (“meat/flesh”) + phonetic 方 (OC *paŋ, *baŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fáng, fāng (fang², fang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ, ㄈㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fòng
• Eastern Min (BUC): huòng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hong / hông / hóng / hông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huang² / bang¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹faon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fáng
    • Wade–Giles: fang²
    • Yale: fáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farng
    • Palladius: фан (fan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fang
    • Wade–Giles: fang¹
    • Yale: fāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fang
    • Palladius: фан (fan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fong¹
    • Yale: fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: fong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fong²
    • Sinological IPA: /foŋ¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huoŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong
    • Tâi-lô: hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hofng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông
    • Tâi-lô: hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoong
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóng
    • Tâi-lô: hóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: horng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông
    • Tâi-lô: hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoong
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang² / bang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huáng / pang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵²/, /paŋ³³/

Note:

• huang2 - literary;
• bang1 - vernacular.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹faon
    • MiniDict: faon^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹faan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fɑ̃⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: bjang, pjang

Rime
Character	肪	肪
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	符方切	府良切
Baxter	bjang	pjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉɐŋ/	/pʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷiɐŋ/	/pʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/biuɑŋ/	/piuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buaŋ/	/puaŋ/
Li Rong	/biuaŋ/	/piuaŋ/
Wang Li	/bĭwaŋ/	/pĭwaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱiwaŋ/	/piwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fáng	fāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong4	fong1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*paŋ/, /*baŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	肪	肪
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	3030	3057
Phonetic component	方	方
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	方	房
Old Chinese	/*paŋ/	/*baŋ/

Definitions

肪

1. fat

Compounds

• 松肪
• 肪脂
• 脂肪 (zhīfáng)
• 脂肪瘤 (zhīfángliú)
• 脂肪腺
• 脂肪酸 (zhīfángsuān)
• 膏肪
• 血脂肪
• 飽和脂肪 / 饱和脂肪 (bǎohé zhīfáng)

Japanese

Kanji

肪

(Jōyō kanji)

1. fat

Readings

• Go-on: ぼう (bō, Jōyō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}
• Kun: あぶら (abura, 肪)、こえる (koeru)

References

• “^△肪”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

肪 • (bang) (hangeul 방)

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Vietnamese

Han character

肪: Hán Nôm readings: phương, phòng

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