馅

餡
xiàn
#3,756 most
frequent character
filling, stuffing (for dumplings, pies etc)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

馅 uses 饣 food to point to the first meaning, meat inside dumplings. 臽 xiàn supplies the sound. The meaning then broadened to any stuffing or filling.

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Homophones

HSK 5
县xiàn
county, PRC administrative division below prefecture 地區|地区[di4 qu4]
线xiàn
thread, string, wire, line, route
献xiàn
offer, present, dedicate, donate
见xiàn
to appear, also written 現|现[xian4]
现xiàn
to appear, present, now, existing
限xiàn
to limit, to restrict, (bound form) limit

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