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臘
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腊
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dried meat

HSK 10
Objects →Food
là
ロウ
랍
Components
Traditional (臘)
⺼ meat (side)+ 巤 a mane =
臘 dried meat
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat (side)
meat
meat
巤 Phonetic component
liè a mane
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Simplified (腊)
⺼ meat (side)+ 昔 times past =
腊 dried 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
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
臘
Regular
Modern
Chinese
腊 / 臘 [là]
12th lunar month; preserved (meat, fish etc)
Japanese
臘 ろう 同音

noun

  1. Buddhism offering ceremony held on the third day of the dog after the winter solstice
  2. twelfth month of the lunisolar calendar
  3. year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat)
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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JAPANESE WORDS (7)
⭐ 希臘 [ギリシャ] #74,619
Greece
旧臘 [きゅうろう] #163,582
last December
蝋梅 [ろうばい] #178,822
wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox)
臘月 [ろうげつ] #212,245
twelfth lunar month
ギリシャ陸亀 [ギリシャりくがめ]
European tortoise
劫臈 [こうろう]
long time
臘乾 [ラカン]
Chinese smoked and salted ham