yán = y + an2
salt / CL:粒[li4]
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How to pronounce 盐

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

By Matthias • updated 2 months ago
+ an2 final

In the anthill’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 6 months ago

盐 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= tu + Ø3
Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
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= tu + Ø3
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
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= bu + Ø3
(bound form) to divine / to forecast or estimate / (of a place to live etc) to choose
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see 蘿蔔|萝卜[luo2 bo5]
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mǐn = mi + (e)n3
dish / vessel / shallow container / rad. no. 108
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mǐn = mi + (e)n3
(bound form) dish; vessel; shallow container / radical no. 108
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= pu + Ø2
variant of 墣, clod or lump of earth
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Characters with 盐 as component

盐 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 盐

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Salt Lake City, capital of Utah
Yanshui town in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan
salt water / brine

Sentences with 盐

盐 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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yán

salt / CL:粒[li4]

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