油 — oil

Grade 3 kanji · 8 strokes · on'yomi yu · kun'yomi abura.

Water (氵) + reason (由) — oil flows from the earth like water with purpose.

Example words

• 油 — abura — oil
• 石油 — sekiyu — petroleum

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