脂

脂 U+8102, 脂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8102 ← 脁 [U+8101] CJK Unified Ideographs 脃 → [U+8103]

Translingual

Han character

脂 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月心日 (BPA), four-corner 7126₁, composition ⿰月旨(GJK) or ⿰⺼旨(HT))

Derived characters

• 㴯, 𫆻

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 981, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29463
• Dae Jaweon: page 1434, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2069, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8102

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Chinese

trad.		脂
simp. #		脂

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 脂
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
稽	*kiː, *kʰiːʔ
詣	*ŋɡiːs
栺	*ŋɡiːs, *kji
榰	*klje
脂	*kji
鴲	*kji, *kjis
指	*kjiʔ
旨	*kjiʔ
恉	*kjiʔ
嗜	*ɡjis
蓍	*qʰlji
鰭	*ɡri
耆	*ɡri
鮨	*ɡri
鬐	*ɡri

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kji) : semantic 月 (“meat”) + phonetic 旨 (OC *kjiʔ).

Etymology

It is thought to descend from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsil (“fat, grease”), although the initial does not match the one of the Old Chinese reconstruction (Matisoff, STEDT; Schuessler, 2007).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 脂

1. fat; grease; lard

   • 手如柔荑，膚如凝脂。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     手如柔荑，肤如凝脂。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Shǒu rú róu tí, fū rú níng zhī. [Pinyin]

     Her fingers were like the blades of the young white-grass;
     Her skin was like congealed ointment;

2. Short for 胭脂 (yānzhi, “rouge”).

   脂粉  ―  zhīfěn  ―  rouge and powder

References

• “脂”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

脂

(Jōyō kanji)

1. fat

Readings

• Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
• Kun: あぶら (abura, 脂, Jōyō)、やに (yani, 脂)、あぶらぎる (aburagiru, 脂ぎる)

Compounds

Compounds

• 牛(ぎゅう)脂(し) (gyūshi): tallow of cow
• 脂(し)肪(ぼう) (shibō): fat
• 松(まつ)脂(やに) (matsuyani), 松(しょう)脂(し) (shōshi): pine resin
• 獣(じゅう)脂(し) (jūshi): tallow
• 豚(とん)脂(し) (tonshi): lard
• 皮(ひ)脂(し) (hishi): sebum
• 雲(ふ)脂(け) (fuke): dandruff

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
脂
あぶら Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 脂 – see the following entry.

【あぶら】 [noun] 脂: fat [noun] 脂: skin oil

(This term, 脂, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
脂
やに Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 脂 – see the following entry.

【やに】 [noun] resin [noun] tar (byproduct of tobacco smoke) [noun] rheum Alternative spelling 膠

(This term, 脂, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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Korean

Hanja

脂 • (ji) (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune–Reischauer chi, Yale ci)

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References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 981, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29463
• Dae Jaweon: page 1434, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2069, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8102

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Vietnamese

Han character

脂: Hán Nôm readings: chi, chỉ, mạnh

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