馅儿

xiànr · HSK 7

xian

🥟 馅 = 饣food radical + 臽; the 儿 is just an erhua suffix — the food packed inside

The food radical 饣 flags it as something edible, and 馅儿 is the filling stuffed inside dumplings, baozi, or mooncakes. Sound cue: xiànr rhymes with the start of shen-r, the soft inner part you bite into.

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