yáo

cooked or prepared meat

Components

Sound component
yáo, xiào diagrams for divination
Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthaew[g]ˤraw food

說文解字

《說文》:“肴,啖也。从肉,爻聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

cooked or prepared meat Traditional

Components

Meaning component
eat

food

Sound component
yáo cooked or prepared meat

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɢraːw

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang