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Kotomora

餡

bean jam

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Readings

On'yomi

  • アン
  • カン

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

餡 centers on sweet bean paste, specifically the smooth jam made from azuki beans used in Japanese confectionery.

Most common words using 餡

  • 餡あん

    red bean paste; red bean jam; anko

  • 餡パンあんパン

    anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste

  • 餡子あんこ
    N1

    red bean paste; red bean jam; anko

  • こし餡こしあん

    strained bean paste; smooth anko; fine-grained sweet bean paste

  • うぐいす餡うぐいすあん

    sweet brownish-green paste made from green peas

  • さらし餡さらしあん

    powdered bean paste; dried bean paste

  • 味噌餡みそあん

    sweet paste of white beans and miso

  • 潰し餡つぶしあん

    slightly crushed sweetened red-bean paste

  • 葛餡くずあん

    kudzu sauce

  • 餡かけあんかけ

    food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)

  • 餡ドーナツあんドーナツ

    doughnut filled with red bean paste

  • 餡蜜あんみつ

    mixture of bean jam, boiled beans, agar cubes, fruit pieces and syrup

  • 餡餅あんもち

    mochi rice cake with red bean jam filling; mochi rice cake covered in red bean jam

  • 餡饅あんまん

    steamed bun with sesame oil and anko filling

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Etymology

餡 combines the food radical 飠 with 臽, which likely contributes the sound. The character originally referred to a type of stuffed food or filling, later specializing to sweet bean paste in Japanese.

Meaning mnemonic

The food radical 飠 on the left suggests something edible, while the right side 臽 looks like a container with a lid. Imagine a pot filled with smooth, sweet bean jam.

Reading mnemonic

For アン, picture an anko-filled pastry: the first syllable of 'anko' (あんこ) directly gives アン, and the sweet bean jam inside matches the meaning.