肪 fáng animal fat
How to remember 肪: 月 meat + 方 direction = animal fat. Grandma trims the meat, points her knife in the direction of the cat and tosses it the white strip of animal fat.
Component breakdown
肪 = 月 meat + 方 direction
- 月 meat
- 方 direction
Grandma trims the meat, points her knife in the direction of the cat and tosses it the white strip of animal fat.
How it is used
- Animal fat - exists essentially only in 脂肪 (zhīfáng), body fat.
- 脂肪 = fat (nutritional/bodily): 脂肪含量 fat content, 减脂肪 to lose fat.
- Bound morpheme; never used alone.
- Contrast 脂 (its partner) which shares the 'grease/fat' meaning.