肴
殽yáo
#3,506 most
frequent character
variant of 肴[yao2]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
肴 yáo has 月 meat as its meaning part and 爻 yáo as its sound part. The first meaning was 'eating cooked meat'. From there it grew to mean a meat dish. The sounds match exactly.
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