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腌
yān
1. variant of [[醃|腌<yān>]]
Common • Top 9% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

腌
yān
to salt, to cure; to pickle, to marinate
12 丶

Compound Words (10)

腌制
yānzhì
marinated
腌货
yānhuò
pickles
腌汁
yānzhī
marinade (sauce)
腌泡
yānpào
to marinade
腌渍
yānzì
to pickle
腌肉
yānròu
salt pork
腌货
yānhuò
pickles
腌猪肉
yānzhūròu
bacon
腌黄瓜
yānhuángguā
pickle
五花腌猪肉
wǔhuāyānzhūròu
streaky bacon

Alternate Entries

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

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
4,218
Word Frequency Rank
7,518 of 84,292

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