肴

Han character

 * 1) cooked or prepared meat

Glyph origin
– meat dishes.

Current form resembles – the lower 乂 of 爻 has moved to the side and down.

Definitions

 * 1) prepared meat

Compounds

 * : inferior fish, cheap fish
 * : small fish
 * : raw fish
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Etymology 1


Compound of elements. Likely source of 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) fish
 * 2) a side dish served with alcoholic beverages: not necessarily fish, may be a vegetable or other meat
 * 3) entertainment at a drinking party

Usage notes
The sense is more commonly spelled.

Idioms

 * : to belittle someone, to make fun of someone

Etymology 2


From. Also spelled variously in kanji in modern Japanese as, ,.

This reading appears to be obsolete in modern Japanese.

Noun

 * 1) a side dish, be it meat or fish or greens