馅

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filling; stuffing (for dumplings, pies etc)

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Food 饣 stuffed in a hole 臽; 臽 also provides the pronunciation

Components 饣臽

filling · Heisig RSH #2970

食 food + pothole

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
天上不会掉馅饼	tiān shàng bù huì diào xiàn bǐng	there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom)
天上掉馅饼	tiān shàng diào xiàn bǐng	a meat pie falls from the sky (idiom); to have something fall into your lap
露馅儿	lòu xiàn r	erhua variant of 露餡\|露馅[lou4 xian4]
羊肉馅	yáng ròu xiàn	minced mutton
乐颠了馅	lè diān le xiàn	ecstatic; overjoyed
馅儿饼	xiàn r bǐng	erhua variant of 餡餅\|馅饼[xian4 bing3]
果馅饼	guǒ xiàn bǐng	tart
馅儿	xiàn r	erhua variant of 餡\|馅[xian4]
内馅	nèi xiàn	(Tw) filling; stuffing (in pastries, dumplings etc)
素馅	sù xiàn	vegetable filling
肉馅	ròu xiàn	ground meat; mincemeat
馅料	xiàn liào	filling; stuffing (for dumplings, pies etc)
露馅	lòu xiàn	to leak; to expose (sb's secret); to spill the beans; to let the cat out of the bag
苹果馅饼	píng guǒ xiàn bǐng	apple pie
馅饼	xiàn bǐng	meat pie; pie; pasty
夹馅	jiā xiàn	stuffed (of food); with filling