Mnemonic
The moon tonight looks obese — swollen, round, and bulging with fat. You grab a compass to measure its enormous girth, but the compass can't stretch wide enough. Each attempt to draw a circle around the bloated moon requires a bigger and bigger compass.
Additional thoughts
Visualize the full moon as a massive round belly. A compass tries and fails to trace its circumference — it's simply too fat. Moon = flesh radical, compass = the direction/shape radical. Together they form the idea of bodily fat.Quick recall
The moon is so obese no compass can circle its girth.Details
The keyword for 肪 is obese. This kanji refers to animal fat or grease, particularly the fatty tissue found in the body. It is closely associated with the concept of body fat and adipose tissue, and by extension carries connotations of fleshiness and corpulence. In its most common usage, it appears in compound words related to fat accumulation and the condition of being obese or overweight.
- On'yomi
- ぼう