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油

Oil
Stroke count: 8

Readings

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JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 3Level 35

Meanings

  1. oilRtK
    彼は石油で大儲けをした。He made a fortune in oil.tatoeba
    彼は石油でひと財産を作ったと言われている。He is said to have made a fortune in oil.tatoeba
  2. fat

Synonyms

オイル脂

Homonyms

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Same reading (あぶら)
脂 · fat

Popular Usage

石油醤油油絵原油

Radicals and components

Radical水water氵variant氺variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · sprout · shoot

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1188

Compound words

石油せきゆ
oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
醤油しょうゆ
soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu
原油げんゆ
crude oil
油絵あぶらえ
oil painting
給油きゅうゆ
refueling (a car, plane, etc.); lubricating (a machine); oiling
軽油けいゆ
diesel oil; diesel fuel; gas oil; light oil
重油じゅうゆ
heavy oil; fuel oil
灯油とうゆ
kerosene; paraffin; lamp oil
油井ゆせい
oil well
油脂ゆし
fats and oils
油断ゆだん
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
油田ゆでん
oil field
油彩ゆさい
oil painting
潤滑油じゅんかつゆ
lubricating oil; lubricant; lube; person or thing that makes things run smoothly; facilitator
給油所きゅうゆじょ
gas station; petrol station; filling station; service station; fuel depot
製油所せいゆじょ
oil refinery
産油国さんゆこく
oil-producing country
肝油かんゆ
fish-liver oil (cod, shark, etc.)
桐油とうゆ
tung oil
鯨油げいゆ
whale oil
糠油ぬかあぶら
rice-bran oil
香油こうゆ
aromatic oil, perfumed oil
搾油さくゆ
oil expression (extraction)
椿油つばきあぶら
tea seed oil

Additional Examples

彼は石油王として有名だ。
He is famous as an oil king.tatoeba
彼は新しい油田に全財産を賭けた。
He risked his whole fortune to discover new oil fields.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Oil. 氵 (liquid) + 由 (come out) — liquid pressed from seeds. 石油 — petroleum.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 油

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