腌肉
yān​ròu

cured meat

腌 yān salt Simplified

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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

肉 ròu meat

Pictograph of a piece of meat.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (5)

有多将骨將

Meaning (1 of 4 verified)

腐脔胬臠

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

瘸

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnyuwkk.nuk meat, flesh

說文解字

《說文》：“肉，胾肉。象形。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.338
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

醃 yān, āng marinate Traditional

To leave 奄 meat in wine 酉; 奄 also provides the pronunciation

Components

酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine
奄
奄 SoundMeaning component
yǎn, yān to enclose

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqrom
qom

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang