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腊

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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

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Strokes
12
Radical
肉 +8
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
腊
Common rank
#2,113
Unicode
U+814A

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Formation & memory

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How 腊 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A sacrifice of meat ⺼ for the past year 昔

Components ⺼ 昔

How to remember it

dried meat · Heisig RSH #2241

flesh + 昔 times past

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 腊

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WordPinyinMeaning
苏门达腊 Sū mén dá là variant of 蘇門答臘|苏门答腊[Su1 men2 da2 la4]
老腊肉 lǎo là ròu (coll.) experienced and usually well-positioned middle-aged man
古希腊语 Gǔ Xī là yǔ Ancient Greek (language)
腊八节 là bā jié Laba rice porridge festival, on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month
苏门答腊岛 Sū mén dá là Dǎo Sumatra (one of the Indonesian islands)
奥腊涅斯塔德 Ào là niè sī tǎ dé Oranjestad, capital of Aruba 阿魯巴|阿鲁巴[A1 lu3 ba1]
希腊字母 Xī là zì mǔ Greek alphabet
苏门答腊 Sū mén dá là Sumatra, one of the Indonesian islands
希腊文 Xī là wén Greek literature
希腊语 Xī là yǔ Greek language
腊克 là kè lacquer (loanword)
残冬腊月 cán dōng là yuè final days of the lunar year
古希腊 gǔ Xī là ancient Greece
方腊 Fāng Là Fang La
腊月 Là yuè twelfth lunar month
腊肉 là ròu meat that has been cured and air-dried in the cold (esp. during the 12th lunar month)
真腊 Zhēn là Khmer kingdom of Kampuchea or Cambodia; Chinese term for Cambodia from 7th to 15th century
腊肠犬 là cháng quǎn dachshund
烧腊 shāo là siu mei (燒味|烧味[shao1 wei4]) made from cured meat 臘肉|腊肉[la4 rou4]
腊肠 là cháng sausage