Read Edit View history 盐 yán HSK4 salt Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 鹽. Phonosemantic compound. 監 represents the sound and 鹵 represents the meaning. Pinyin Separate values with commas yán × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 鹽 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Shorthand for the sound component 監 in the traditional character 鹽. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 盐 Simp strokes 盐 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Shorthand for the meaning component 鹵 in the traditional character 鹽. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 盐 Simp strokes 盐 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 盐 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 223, 590 ], [ 258, 586 ], [ 294, 591 ], [ 431, 633 ], [ 477, 635 ] ], [ [ 343, 785 ], [ 375, 762 ], [ 386, 743 ], [ 378, 483 ], [ 362, 454 ] ], [ [ 177, 389 ], [ 209, 376 ], [ 238, 375 ], [ 508, 485 ] ], [ [ 565, 819 ], [ 588, 807 ], [ 611, 779 ], [ 612, 585 ], [ 596, 333 ] ], [ [ 646, 610 ], [ 649, 599 ], [ 707, 575 ], [ 793, 526 ], [ 830, 478 ] ], [ [ 254, 261 ], [ 276, 245 ], [ 291, 219 ], [ 327, 65 ], [ 344, 47 ] ], [ [ 306, 260 ], [ 334, 248 ], [ 671, 303 ], [ 720, 299 ], [ 744, 276 ], [ 751, 260 ], [ 711, 109 ], [ 681, 84 ] ], [ [ 430, 238 ], [ 426, 230 ], [ 444, 102 ], [ 456, 60 ] ], [ [ 568, 264 ], [ 599, 239 ], [ 569, 104 ], [ 551, 67 ] ], [ [ 148, 21 ], [ 200, 10 ], [ 391, 33 ], [ 782, 59 ], [ 841, 54 ], [ 889, 37 ] ] ], 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