羹
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thick soup
- Strokes
- 19
- Radical
- 羊 +13
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 羹
- Common rank
- #2,636
- Unicode
- U+7FB9
Formation & memory
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Words with 羹
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 分一杯羹 | (fig.) to have a slice of the pie; to get a piece of the action | |
| 吃闭门羹 | to be refused entrance; to find the door closed | |
| 海皇羹 | Cantonese seafood soup | |
| 闭门羹 | (fig.) denial of entry; flat refusal; cold rebuff | |
| 一杯羹 | lit. a cup of soup; fig. to get part of the profits; one's share of the action | |
| 调羹 | spoon; (esp.) Chinese soup spoon (often ceramic) | |
| 肉羹 | stew; bouillon | |
| 拆鱼羹 | hand-shredded fish soup, a speciality of Shunde 順德|顺德[Shun4 de2] | |
| 残羹剩饭 | leftovers from a meal; fig. remnants handed down from others | |
| 羊羹 | yōkan, gelatin dessert typically made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar, sold in block … | |
| 羹汤 | soup | |
| 残羹 | leftovers from a meal | |
| 瓢羹 | (dialect) spoon | |
| 羹藜含糗 | nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet; à la… | |
| 莼羹鲈脍 | (idiom) the dishes from one's hometown; (idiom) homesickness | |
| 羹藜唅糗 | nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet; à la… |