餡 (haam6*2 | xian4) : filling, stuffing

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餡

haam6*2

xian4

filling or stuffing for pies, cakes, dumplings, etc

Stroke count: 17

Level: 3

Radical: (#184)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

餡 / 馅

This word has been viewed 3842 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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餡兒 haam6*2 ji4 xianr4 = filling; stuffing 國

餡料 haam6 liu6*2 = filling (for pastries, pies, etc.)

東北餡餅 dung1 bak1 haam6*2 beng2 dong1 bei3 xian4 bing3 = Northeast stuffed cakes

雞蛋餡烘餅 gai1 daan6 haam2 hong3 beng2 ji1 dan4 xian4 hong1 bing3 = egg custard tart

餡餅 haam6*2 beng2 xian4 bing3 = meat pie; tart; cake

百果餡 baak3 gwo2 haam6*2 = mincemeat (lit., "hundred fruits filling")

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 餡
Unicode code for this character: U+9921 (off-site link)

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