fáng

animal fat

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
⺼ meaning component

  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

方 sound component

  Sound component

fāng

  

square

Evolution

肪 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
肪 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

fáng

animal fat

Most common words with 肪
Freq.
Word
Meaning

脂肪

fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food)

脂肪酸

fatty acid

animal fat

脂肪肝

fatty liver

不饱和脂肪酸

unsaturated fatty acid