肴 (yáo): variant of 肴[yao2]

肴 (yáo) is a Chinese character meaning “variant of 肴[yao2].” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 乂 (phonetic) and 有 (structural). It ranks #3099 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 肴 meat. Its radical form ⺼ (⺼) appears in many related characters such as 腆 (tiǎn, make strong (as liquors)), 腼 (miǎn, used in 靦腆|腼腆[mian3 tian3]), 臀 (tún, buttocks).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-98 strokesFrequency #3099乂 phonetic有 structural

Definitions

  1. variant of 肴[yao2]

Etymology & Origin

肴

pictophoneticmeat

Decomposition: ⿱乂有 (layout: top-bottom)

Components:乂phonetic有structural

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
佳肴jiā yáofine food
菜肴cài yáovegetable and meat dishes
酒肴jiǔ yáowine and meat
3
Total compounds
0
As first character
100
As last character
0
As middle character

肴 appears in 3 compound words: 0 as the first character, 100 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 肴 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

菜cài
0.6837,647 co-occurrences
饪rèn
0.502126 co-occurrences
炖dùn
0.45436 co-occurrences
烹pēng
0.453174 co-occurrences
味wèi
0.446696 co-occurrences
膳shàn
0.42390 co-occurrences
佳jiā
0.387864 co-occurrences
肉ròu
0.386318 co-occurrences
酱jiàng
0.36830 co-occurrences
炒chǎo
0.35948 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

肴字由8笔画组成，结构很巧妙。

yáo zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .

The character "肴" consists of eight strokes and has a very ingenious structure.

LtnMar 2026

“台派办桌”最大场 上千人齐享本土味佳肴

tái pài bàn zhuō zuì dà chǎng shàng qiān rén qí xiǎng běn tǔ wèi jiā yáo

The Largest "Taiwan-Style Banquet" Brings Together Over a Thousand People to Enjoy Local Delicacies

Character Family

⺼ Radical Family — Characters sharing the ⺼ radical

胞bāo背bèi臂bì脖bó膊bó肠cháng胆dǎn肚dù肪fáng肥féi

Related Characters

腆tiǎn腼miǎn臀tún

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 肴 (yáo) mean in Chinese?
肴 (yáo) primarily means "variant of 肴[yao2]." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #3099 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 肴 and 义?
肴 (yáo) and 义 (yì) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: ⺼ vs 丶 (same 乂 component).
How many strokes does 肴 have?
肴 is written with 8 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 肴?
The radical associated with 肴 is ⺼. This radical appears in many characters related to this concept.
What are the components of 肴?
肴 is composed of: 乂 (phonetic), 有 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿱乂有 with a top-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 肴?
Common words with 肴 include: 佳肴 (jiā yáo, "fine food"); 菜肴 (cài yáo, "vegetable and meat dishes"); 酒肴 (jiǔ yáo, "wine and meat"). There are over 3 compound words containing this character.
Is 肴 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 肴 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.