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Kanji Detail for 油 - "oil, grease, energy"

油

  • Meaning

    油 means "oil, grease, energy."

    1. Oil - A liquid fat or petroleum.

    2. Grease - A thick oily substance.

    3. Vigorous - Energetically flowing.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    oil; fat

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    oil, fat, grease, lard; paints

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    oil, fat, grease, lard; oil paints

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A liquid substance that can burn. Found in animals, plants, and minerals. As in lard (豬油), soybean oil (豆油), kerosene (煤油), and the like. | A flourishing appearance. Mencius says: "The sky gathers clouds naturally" (天油然作雲). | Colloquially, being slick is called 油. As in "glib tongue" (油腔滑調).
  • Onyomitip

    yu(ゆ) ゆ

  • Kunyomitip

    abura(あぶら) あぶら

  • Strokestip

    8 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords
    oil grease fat petroleum fuel lubricant liquid flow smooth energy resource abundant spring gush well extract essence slick glossy vital

Sentences including 油

  • Japan was hard up for oil.

  • Oil is of great use to us.

  • We are not short of oil in this country.

  • You'd better stay on your guard.

  • We've run short of oil.

  • There is little oil in japan.

  • Mary oiled her bicycle.

  • Oil this bicycle.

  • We will run short of oil some day.

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