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腊
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preserved-meat

HSK 7
Objects →Food
xī, là
セキ、シャク、ロウ
ほじし
A sacrifice of meat ⺼ for the past year 昔
Components
⺼ meat (side)+ 昔 times past =
腊 preserved-meat
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat (side)
meat
昔 Meaning component
xī times past
formerly
Notes
Similar Characters
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肠 emotions (simp)股 thigh肢 limb肤 superficial (simp)肩 shoulder肪 animal fat肫 the gizzard of a fowl
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
腊
Regular
Modern
Chinese
腊 [xī]
dried meat; also pr. [xí]
腊 / 臘 [là]
12th lunar month; preserved (meat, fish etc)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (23)
希腊 [Xī​là] #2,993
Greece
腊肠 [là​cháng] #10,930
sausage
腊月 [Là​yuè] #20,483
twelfth lunar month
古希腊 [gǔ​Xī​là] #21,249
ancient Greece
腊八粥 [là​bā​zhōu] #32,598
Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar
腊梅 [là​méi] #33,630
wintersweet
苏门答腊岛 [Sū​mén​dá​là​Dǎo] #38,230
Sumatra (one of the Indonesian islands)
苏门答腊 [Sū​mén​dá​là] #40,382
Sumatra, one of the Indonesian islands
方腊 [Fāng​Là] #47,911
Fang La
烧腊 [shāo​là] #49,579
barbecue (Cantonese style)
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