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腌

yān

to salt, to cure; to pickle, to marinate

💡 Ideographic: Meat ⺼ left 奄 in salt; 奄 also provides the pronunciation

HSK 12 strokes Uncommon (42%)

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Component Breakdown

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⺼

meat, flesh; organic compound

奄

yǎn

to remain, to tarry; feeble

⿰⺼奄 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

⺼

meat, flesh; organic compound

📷 Pictographic: Meat on the ribs of an animal; compare 肉

4 strokes

yǎn

奄

to remain, to tarry; feeble

8 strokes

dà

大

big, great, vast, high, deep

💡 Ideographic: A man 人 with outstretched arms

3 strokes HSK 1

diàn

电

electricity; electric; lightning

💡 Ideographic: Simplified form of 電; lightning 申 from a storm cloud 雨

5 strokes HSK 1

yuē

曰

to speak; to say

💡 Ideographic: Picture of an open 一 mouth 口

4 strokes

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

gōu

乚

secret, hidden, mysterious; small, minute; to conceal

1 strokes

Words Using 腌 (12)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

腌 ↗

yān

to salt / to pickle / to cure (meat) / to marinate

yān

腌 ↗

to salt / to pickle / to cure (meat) / to marinate

腌制 ↗

yānzhì

marinated / to make by pickling, salting or curing

yānzhì

腌制 ↗

marinated / to make by pickling, salting or curing

to pickle / cured / salted

yānzì

腌渍 ↗

to pickle / cured / salted

腌肉 ↗

yānròu

salt pork / bacon / marinaded meat / cured meat

yānròu

腌肉 ↗

salt pork / bacon / marinaded meat / cured meat

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