TSUMUGU · TOCFL 6 (est.) · 字
肪
ㄈㄤˊ · fáng
noun — fat (chiefly in 脂肪 body fat)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Tfāng → fáng — only the tone rises
Flesh (月) plus the sound 方 (fāng, tone risen to fáng) — fat. It almost never travels alone; its home is 脂肪, body fat. 說文 calls it the grease along the gut.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
肉（月）上方（方）那一層白油，捏得起來——肪。
On the meat (月), that top (方) layer of white grease you can pinch — 肪.
字源
意 · Meanings
(本義)脂肪— fat, body fat常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension