Dong Chinese dictionary

fàn

cooked rice

Phonosemantic compound. 飠 represents the meaning and 反 represents the sound.

Components

飠 Meaning component

shí

eat

飠 is a component form of 食.

反 Sound component

fǎn

reverse

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

fàn

cooked rice; food; meal; CL:碗[wǎn]; CL:頓|顿[dùn]; (loanword) fan; devotee

Most common words with 飯

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