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CHINESE CHARACTER

yán

盐

盐

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salt

Numbered pinyin
yan2
English meanings
salt

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Top–bottom structure

Top–bottom arrangement: top 圤; bottom 皿.

  • Top

    圤
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    • Left

      土
    • Right

      卜
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  • Bottom

    皿

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿱圤皿

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    cài菜lǐ里fàng放yán盐。

    Salt in the dish.

  2. 02

    yán盐hěn很xián咸。

    Salt is salty.

  3. 03

    shǎo少fàng放yán盐。

    Less salt.

  4. 04

    yī一dài袋yán盐。

    A bag of salt.

  5. 05

    méiyou没有yán盐le了。

    Out of salt.

  6. 06

    mǎi买diǎn点yán盐。

    Buy some salt.

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