Chinese smoked and salted ham
A specific Chinese-style cured ham, similar to Jinhua ham. Rarely encountered outside specialized culinary contexts.
This dish uses Chinese smoked and salted ham.
Rare kanji spelling for a Chinese-style ham; 臘 is uncommon and may not display on all devices.
Katakana spelling is practical for this Chinese loanword, especially in menus or food contexts.
Variant kanji spelling; 臈 is an older form of 臘.
From Chinese 臘乾 (là gān), referring to cured meat dried in the twelfth lunar month (臘月). The exact historical borrowing path into Japanese is uncertain.