腌 = 月 + 奄

腌 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “salt”. It is built from 月 (moon) and 奄 (ere long).

Keyword: salt
Pinyin (Mandarin): yān
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: salt, pickle, огурцы, соль, pickle

Decomposition

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月 moon
奄 ere long

How to find 腌 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “moon” + “ere long”. 腌 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 腌 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.