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腊

Traditional: 臈 · 臘

xī

xī

  1. dried meat
  2. also pr. [xi2]

là · laap6 (Jyutping)

  1. old variant of 臘|腊[la4]
  2. ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month
  3. the 12th lunar month
  4. (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month

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Character breakdown

腊

Meaning
year-end sacrifice; dried meat
Radical
⺼
Strokes
12
Components
⿰⺼昔
Cangjie
BTA
Four-corner
7426.1

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