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Mythic Mandarin

腊 (là): meaning and stroke order

腊 (là) means ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month.

腊

Simplified
腊
Traditional
臘, 臈, 腊
Pinyin
là · xī

Stroke order of 腊

腊

  • xī dried meat; also pr. [xi2]
  • là old variant of 臘|腊[la4]
  • là ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month; the 12th lunar month
  • 12 strokes
  • Traditional form: 臈

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 腊

  1. là Traditional 臘
    • ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month
    • the 12th lunar month
    • (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month
  2. là Traditional 臈
    • old variant of 臘|腊[la4]
  3. xī
    • dried meat
    • also pr. [xi2]

Radical and structure

腊
Radical 肉 (Kangxi radical 130) · 12 strokes · 月 on the left, 昔 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 腊

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).