腊

腊 · là

year-end sacrifice; dried meat

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

year-end sacrifice; dried meat

Mandarin
là
Cantonese
laap6

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese

Readings recorded for 腊 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.

Japanese 日本語

Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.

On’yomi · katakana

シャクセキラクロウ

Kun’yomi · hiragana

きびしいはなはだしいひものほじし

Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property

シャク セキ ラク ロウ きびしい はなはだしい ひもの ほじし

Korean 한국어

Hanja readings · Hangul

석

Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.

Reading sources explained
석
KS X 1002 (1) · Personal-name Hanja (N)
Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kHangul ↗ · provisional property

석:1N

Vietnamese Tiếng Việt

Not recorded for this exact character in this dataset. This does not mean the language has no reading.

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+814A
Radical
肉 · 130
Strokes
12 · Unihan
Residual
8

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

12 strokes
腊
Strokes
12
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

12 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿰月昔(GJKPV)
⿰⺼昔(HT)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 腊

Character connections

No reverse component match in this collection.

History & distinctions

Related forms

臘

Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
sjek · 思積 反切 · #3647

Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.

Source row & reading categories

CSV line 18925 · sjek = 梗開三入清心

Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
là
kCantonese
laap6
kDefinition
year-end sacrifice; dried meat
kTotalStrokes
12
kRSUnicode
130.8
kTraditionalVariant
U+814A U+81D8
kSimplifiedVariant
U+814A
kTGH
2013:2712

Readings across dictionaries

Hanyu Da Zidian
xī,là 32084.050
Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
là 0668.090 · xī 1226.130
Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

Reference desk

Sentences in context

Find examples using 腊 ↗

The attributed sentence collection is still small; this spelling has no retained example yet.

Study this character

Structure & connections

0.10
28dictionary records using 腊0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
月 beside 昔 · the shape used in China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam
Source notation ^⿰月昔$(GJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰月昔$(GJKPV)

^⿰⺼昔$(HT)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.