yōkan; sweet bean jelly
A traditional Japanese confection made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar, often sliced and served with tea.
I served yōkan with the tea.
This yōkan is elegantly restrained in sweetness.
A firmer, denser type of yōkan made by kneading the paste.
Standard kanji spelling.
Search-only form; the second kanji is replaced by kana.
Search-only variant using a different second kanji.
The kanji 羊 (sheep) and 羹 (thick soup) reflect the word's Chinese origin, where it originally referred to a sheep-based gelatinous soup. In Japan, it evolved into a sweet bean-based confection.