yán
salt
Simplified form of 鹽. Phonosemantic compound. 監 represents the sound and 鹵 represents the meaning.
Components
監 Sound Simplified component
jiān, jiàn
watch carefully
Shorthand for the sound component 監 in the traditional character 鹽.
卜 Simplified component
bo, bǔ
fortune telling
Shorthand for the meaning component 鹵 in the traditional character 鹽.
Evolution
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 盐
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
salt | ||
Yanshui town in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Táinánxiàn], Taiwan | ||
Salt Lake City, capital of Utah | ||
hydrochloric acid HCl | ||
edible salt |