gēng

soup

A pleasing lamb  soup

Components
羔 meaning component

  Meaning component

gāo

  

lamb

美 meaning component

  Meaning component

měi

  

beautiful

Evolution

羹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
羹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

gēng

soup, broth; soup

Most common words with 羹
Freq.
Word
Meaning

soup

调羹

spoon

闭门羹

to be refused entrance (idiom)

残羹剩饭

leftovers from a meal

残羹

leftovers from a meal