How to Write 饹 (le) — Meaning “Ge (used in the word 'Hele')”

Imagine you are eating (饣) a bowl of noodles, and each (各) noodle is pressed through a device. The sound 'le' reminds you of the word 'hele', the name of the noodle dish.

Pay attention to the left radical 饣: its last stroke is a vertical lift (竖提), not a simple hook. The right part 各 has a stroke order starting with a short left-falling stroke (撇), then a horizontal hook, then a right-falling stroke (捺), followed by a vertical and two horizontal strokes.

饨 (tún) means 'wonton' or 'dumpling' and has the right component 屯 (tún). 饩 (xì) means 'sacrificial grain' and has the right component 气 (qì). 饹 (le) is used only in the word for a specific pressed noodle dish, 饸饹, and has the right component 各 (gè).

饹 is almost never used alone; it always appears in the word 饸饹 (héle), which refers to a traditional Northern Chinese noodle made from buckwheat or millet, pressed through a special tool. You might also see it in 饸饹面 (héle miàn) or the action 压饸饹 (yā héle, to press the noodles). This dish is especially popular in Shanxi and Hebei provinces.

Common words containing 饹 include: 饸饹 (hé le) — heluo (a type of traditional northern Chinese noodle); 饸饹面 (hé le miàn) — Hele noodles (traditional Northern Chinese pressed noodles); 压饸饹 (yā hé le) — to press Hele noodles.