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Mythic Mandarin

盐 (yán): meaning and stroke order

盐 (yán) means salt, CL:粒.

盐

Simplified
盐
Traditional
鹽
Pinyin
yán

Stroke order of 盐

盐

  • yán salt; CL:粒[li4]
  • 10 strokes
  • Traditional form: 鹽

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 盐

  1. yán Traditional 鹽
    • salt
    • CL:粒[li4]

Radical and structure

盐
Radical 皿 (Kangxi radical 108) · 10 strokes · 圤 on top, 皿 below

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.

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).