TSUMUGU · TOCFL 6 (est.) · 字
脂
ㄓ · zhī
noun — fat, grease; tallow; rouge
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Tzhǐ → zhī — only the tone lifts
Flesh (月) plus the sound 旨 (zhǐ, the tone lifted to zhī) — the fat of an animal, the grease that rises. 脂肪、油脂、胭脂. 說文 splits it fine: horned beasts give 脂, hornless ones 膏.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一塊肥肉（月），白白的油在上面凝成一層——脂。
A slab of fat (月), the white grease setting in a layer on top — 脂.
字源
意 · Meanings
(本義)脂肪、油脂— fat, grease常用
→胭脂、唇脂— rouge — fat worked into a cosmetic
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension