腊

Glyph origin
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Etymology 2
Same word as. See there for more.

Definitions

 * 1) dried meat
 * 2)  to make dry
 * 3)  dried or cracked skin

Synonyms

 * : dried meat
 * : dried meat
 * : dried meat used as teacher's payment; shriveled

Usage notes
Note that 腊, when used as a character is pronounced là (refer to the traditional form ). However, when 腊 is encountered in texts, the pronunciation is xī (derived from its phonetic component ).

Kanji

 * 1) dried meat
 * 2) to make dried meat

Etymology
From ; first attested in a excavated from the, 652 - 686, as  form 支多比 . Noun form of.

Noun

 * 1)  whole dried meat of fish, bird or so on

Synonyms

 * / /  / : dried meat, jerky
 * : dried fish or some other marine product
 * / : dried meat, jerky