The kanji 油: meaning, readings and stroke order

油

Meaning: oil
On reading: ユ yu
Kun reading: あぶら abura
Strokes: 8
Radical: 水 water
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: dầu (du)
Japanese: あぶら。
Korean: 기름 (유)
Chinese: 油

Readings, words and example sentences

ユ yu · on reading · less common

油ゆ田でん
oil field
海の中に 油ゆ田でんがあります。
There is an oil field under the sea.

あぶら abura · kun reading

油あぶら
oil
フライパンに 油あぶらを入れます。
I put oil in the frying pan.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.