盐yán
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盐
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Shuowen
盐. The image of a bowl (皿) filled with granular salt, represented by the “卤” element. The modern character 盐 combines the salt radical “卤” over the dish “皿”, signifying the commodity salt.
Pinyin
yán· HSK 2