Monday, June 22, 2026

Amazing Chinese Characters (812) Pickle - 腌

The big seal script of the character for Pickle 

The left is radical Meat, the right is character for Cover (Post 809). Put the meat in a container, then cover it, keep it for some time, which means Pickle.

The small seal script for the character for Pickle

The left is radical Meat, the right is character for Cover

Similar to small seal script, but the strokes are more straight.

The song typeface of the character for Pickle 

Similar to clerical script.

The Pinyin of the character for Pickle is Yan1.

Traditional Chinese has a variant form 醃, the left is character 酉 (Post 104) - Liquor Jug: put the meat into a jug (with some salt), cover the jug for some time. The simplified Chinese abandoned the character.

 

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Amazing Chinese Characters (812) Pickle - 腌

The big seal script of the character for Pickle  The left is radical Meat, the right is character for Cover (Post 809). Put the meat in a co...