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飴
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饴
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Sweet-Cakes Sweet-Meats

HSK 10
Objects →Food
yí
イ、シ
あめ、やしな.う
이, 사
Components
Traditional (飴)
飠 radical+ 台 platform =
飴 Sweet-Cakes Sweet-Meats
飠 Meaning component
radical
food
台 Phonetic component
tái platform
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Simplified (饴)
饣 food+ 台 platform =
饴 sweet-meats
饣 Meaning component
shí food
eat, food
food
台 Phonetic component
tái platform
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Notes
Similar Characters
蝕 eat away (trad)飢 starving (trad/jp)飩 dumplings (trad)飪 cooked food (trad)飫 surfeited (trad)飯 meal (trad/jp)飼 rear (trad/jp)飽 sated (trad/jp)餃 dumpling (trad)餄 noodles either made (trad)餅 cookie (trad/jp)餉 rations and pay (trad)餌 bait (trad/jp)餎 noodles either made (trad)餑 cakes (trad)餒 dispirited (trad)餓 hungry (trad/jp)餕 leftovers (trad)餘 excess (trad)餚 cooked or prepared meat (trad)
Historical Evolution
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 Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 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)
饴
Regular
Modern
Chinese
饴 / 飴 [yí]
maltose syrup
Japanese
飴 あめ 同音

noun

  1. food (hard) candy; toffee
  2. food rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.
  3. abbrev. amber; yellowish-brown
飴 たがね 同音
noun archaic confection (e.g. candy, mochi); sweet
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
息子は箱から飴を一つ取った。
My son took a candy from the box.
Japanese Names
飴 あこ
Ako unclassified name
飴 あみ
Ami unclassified name
飴 あめ
Ame surname
CHINESE WORDS (4)
饴糖 [yí​táng] #55,351
malt sugar
甘之如饴 [gān​zhī​rú​yí] #49,022
lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs); to endure hardship gladly
糖饴 [táng​yí] #72,184
malt sugar
含饴弄孙 [hán​yí​nòng​sūn]
lit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy (idiom)
JAPANESE WORDS (33)
飴玉 [あめだま] #26,405
candy
飴色 [あめいろ] #38,867
amber
飴細工 [あめざいく] #42,444
candy fashioned in human and animal forms
水飴 [みずあめ] #48,472
mizuame
飴と鞭 [アメとムチ] #54,631
carrot and stick
りんご飴 [りんごあめ] #55,253
candied apple
綿飴 [わたあめ] #62,738
cotton candy
のど飴 [のどあめ] #66,655
throat lozenge
飴屋 [あめや] #78,186
candy shop
あんず飴 [あんずあめ] #88,139
candy-coated fruit (usu. a plum) on a stick
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