油

  • oil, grease, fat;

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound:

水 (물 수, “water”) — semantic, indicating a liquid.

由 (말미암을 유) — phonetic, giving the sound (yóu).

Originally meant a viscous liquid, then specialized to “oil/fat.”

Usage in Korean

石油 (석유) — petroleum, crude oil

食用油 (식용유) — cooking oil

油畫 (유화) — oil painting

潤滑油 (윤활유) — lubricant oil

Words that derived from 油

油
기름
유
gireum
yu
Kangxi radical:85, 水 + 5
Strokes:8
Unicode:U+6CB9
Cangjie input:
  • 水中田 (ELW)
Composition:
  • ⿰ 氵 由

Neighboring characters in the dictionary

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