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肴
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

cooked or prepared meat

HSK 10
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yáo
コウ
さかな
효
Components
爻 diagrams for divination+ ⺼ meat (side) =
肴 cooked or prepared meat
爻 Phonetic component
yáo diagrams for divination
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⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat (side)
meat
Notes
Similar Characters
學 study (trad)教 teach駁 refute (trad)驳 varicolored (simp)希 hope棥 a railing爽 frank媠 lazy育 education冑 helmet (trad)朊 protein肋 chest肌 muscle肓 region between heart肘 elbow肚 belly肛 anus肜 to sacrifice on肝 liver肟 an organic compound
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
肴
Regular
Modern
Chinese
肴 [yáo]
meat dishes; mixed viands
肴 / 餚 [yáo]
variant of 肴[yáo]
Japanese
肴 、 酒菜 さかな 同音

noun

  1. appetizer or snack served with drinks
  2. performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
豆腐は良い酒の肴になる。
Tofu goes well with good sake.
Japanese Names
肴 さかな
Sakana female given name
CHINESE WORDS (1)
菜肴 [cài​yáo] #28,826
vegetable and meat dishes
JAPANESE WORDS (19)
肴 [さかな] #22,252
appetizer or snack served with drinks
小魚 [こざかな] #27,406
small fish
焼き魚 [やきざかな] #27,670
grilled fish
酒の肴 [さけのさかな] #42,372
appetizer or snack served with drinks
酒肴 [しゅこう] #51,957
food and (alcoholic) drinks
肴にする [さかなにする] #68,503
to have as a side order (with drinks)
煮魚 [にざかな] #68,848
fish simmered with soy sauce (and sugar)
生魚 [なまざかな] #104,004
raw fish
佳肴 [かこう] #125,268
delicacy
祝い肴 [いわいざかな] #175,560
accompaniment to a drink served at celebrations (such as New Year)
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