Dong Chinese dictionary

féi

fat

Depicts a person (卩) with extra flesh (肉) on their body.

Components

⺼ Iconic component

ròu

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

卩 Iconic component

jié

person kneeling

Modern form looks like 巴.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 卩 than it was in ancient scripts.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

féi

fat, plump, obese; fertile; fat; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure

Most common words with 肥

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

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