豆瓣

Traditional form:

豆瓣

Pinyin (reading):

dòubàn

Definitions:

• cotyledon of a bean (i.e. either of the halves of a bean seed that can be split apart after removing the seed coat)
• thick bean sauce (abbr. for 豆瓣醬／豆瓣酱 (dòubànjiàng))

Characters:

• 豆 - beans, peas; bean-shaped
• 瓣 - petal; segment; valve

Traditional characters:

• 豆 - beans, peas; bean-shaped
• 瓣 - petal; segment; valve