腌
yānā

salt

Meat ⺼ left 奄 in salt; 奄 also provides the pronunciation

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh
奄
奄 SoundMeaning component
yǎn, yān to enclose

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqom
qrob
qob

說文解字

漬肉也。从肉奄聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica