Chinese Character 臘 (laap6 | la4 lie4) : salted and smoked meat

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臘
laap6 la4 lie4
[1] sacrifice at the end of the lunar year [2] the end of the lunar year [3] salted and smoked meat, fish, chicken, etc. [4] the age of a Buddhist monk Stroke count: 19 Level: 4 Radical: 肉 (#130) This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
臘 / 腊
This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008
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臘腸 laap6 coeng42 = chinese preserved sausage 希臘 hei1 lip6/laap6 xi1 la4 = Greece 臘味 laap6 mei62 la4 wei4 = cured/dried meat/fish/etc. 臘肉 laap6 juk6 = salted and dried meat 吊臘鴨 diu3 laap6 aap3 = hanging 燒臘 siu1 laap6 = collective name for all dried and preserved meat and fish 髮臘 faat3 laap6 = hair wax 紅臘 hung4 laap6 = red seabream 古希臘 gu2 hei1 lip6 /laap6 gu3 xi1 la4 = ancient Greece 古希臘語 gu2 hei1 lip6 /laap6 jyu5 gu3 xi1 la4 yu3 = ancient Greek (language) See all 23 compounds
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Decimal representation of this word: 臘
Unicode code for this character: U+81D8 (off-site link)

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