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CHINESE CHARACTER

féi

肥

肥

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fat

Numbered pinyin
fei2
English meanings
fat, fertile, loose-fitting or large, to fertilize, to become rich by illegal means, fertilizer, manure

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left ⺼; right 巴.

Meaning & sound clues

⺼ is identified as the meaning component, associated with “flesh”.

巴 is identified as the sound component (bā). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 肥.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰⺼巴

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    zhè这zhǐ只jī鸡hěn很féi肥。

    This chicken is fat.

  2. 02

    féi肥ròu肉。

    Fatty meat.

  3. 03

    de地hěn很féi肥。

    Fertile land.

  4. 04

    bié别chī吃tài太féi肥。

    Don't eat too much fat.

  5. 05

    yīfu衣服yǒu有diǎn点féi肥。

    The clothes are a bit loose.

  6. 06

    shī施féi肥。

    Apply fertilizer.

Explore words connected to this character.

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