脂 Fat

Radical Combination

• 月

  Moon
• 匕

  Spoon
• 日

  Sun

Meaning

Primary

Fat

Mnemonic

You ate the moon with a spoon, and then the sun too, but man were they high in fat! In fact, you wanted to eat them with chopsticks, but they were so greasy with fat that the spoon was your only option.

Hints

Imagine staring down regretfully at your fat-covered spoon after eating both the moon and the sun. Not only did you eat two really important celestial bodies, but their high fat content made them way less healthy than you expected.

Readings

On’yomi

し

Kun’yomi

あぶら

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Unbeknownst to you, the moon and sun contained as much fat as an entire adult sheep (し)! Why didn't you check the nutrition facts first???

Hints

If you had known you were going to get a whole sheep's worth of fat, you would have just eaten a big platter of mutton chops instead of dooming the entire solar system by eating the moon and sun.