obese, fat
肪 centers on excess body tissue: being obese or having fat. Both meanings point to the same physical idea of fatty flesh.
肪 combines ⺼ (flesh/meat) with 方, which likely contributes the sound. The flesh radical points to the meaning related to body tissue or fat.
The left side ⺼ is flesh, and the right side 方 looks like a square chunk. Picture a square slab of fatty flesh: that's 肪, meaning fat or obese.
For ボウ, imagine a bow (as in bow and arrow) made of fat: bow -> ボウ, and the fatty bow is too soft to shoot.
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fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
fatty acid
subcutaneous fat
omega-3 fatty acid
glycerine fatty acid ester
trans-fatty acid; trans-fatty acids; trans fat; trans fats
monounsaturated fatty acid
essential fatty acid; EFA
unsaturated fatty acid
neutral fat; neutral lipid; triglyceride
butterfat; milk fat
low-fat
low-fat milk
low-fat milk
body fat; somatic fat
body fat percentage
visceral fat
animal fat
polyunsaturated fatty acid
celiac disease; coeliac disease