yán

salt

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the sound and represents the meaning.

Components
監 sound,simplified component

  Sound Simplified component

jiānjiàn

  

watch carefully

Shorthand for the sound component in the traditional character .

卜 simplified component

  Simplified component

bo

  

fortune telling

Shorthand for the meaning component in the traditional character .

Evolution

盐 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
盐 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
盐 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
盐 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
盐 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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yán

(same as of U+5869 ) salt; salt; CL:[lì]

Most common words with 盐
Freq.
Word
Meaning

salt

盐水

Yanshui town in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tái​nán​xiàn], Taiwan

盐湖城

Salt Lake City, capital of Utah

盐酸

hydrochloric acid HCl

食盐

edible salt