yānā

salt

Meat ⺼ left  in salt;  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh
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