肪 meaning and stroke order
Animal fat
How to write 肪, stroke by stroke
8 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 肪
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- animal fat
How 肪 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Meat.
⺼ gives the meaning and 方 hints at the sound.
Radical: ⺼ (meat), shared by 176 characters on this site.
How to remember 肪
The left side ⺼ is the meat radical, so 肪 (fáng) is about the body. The right side 方 (fāng) gives the sound, so picture a square (方) block of fat on a piece of meat.
肪 almost never appears alone in modern Chinese. You will see it in the word 脂肪 (zhīfáng), meaning fat in the body, in food, or in plants. Example: 这种食物脂肪很多。(Zhè zhǒng shíwù zhīfáng hěn duō.) This food has a lot of fat.
Common mistake: Learners often read 肪 with the first tone because of 方 (fāng), but 肪 is second tone, fáng. Also do not confuse it with 防 (fáng, to guard), which has the same sound but uses the 阝 radical on the left.
Common words with 肪
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 脂肪 | zhīfáng | fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food) | HSK 7-9 |
肪 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 肪
How many strokes are in 肪?
肪 is written with 8 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 肪 mean?
肪 (fáng) means animal fat. A common word with it is 脂肪 (zhīfáng), meaning "fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food)".
How do you pronounce 肪?
肪 is pronounced fáng, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 肪?
The radical of 肪 is ⺼, which carries the idea of "meat". Dictionaries list 肪 under this radical.
Is 肪 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 肪 is part of the HSK 7-9 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
Can I use 肪 by itself to say fat?
Not usually. In everyday speech and writing, use 脂肪 (zhīfáng) for fat as a substance. To describe a person as fat, use 胖 (pàng) instead.
What is the difference between 脂肪 and 油?
脂肪 (zhīfáng) is the general or scientific word for fat, such as body fat or fat content in food. 油 (yóu) means oil, like cooking oil, and is also used casually for greasy food, as in 太油了 (tài yóu le), too greasy.