xiǎng

rations and pay for soldiers

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
飠 meaning component

  Meaning component

shí

  

eat

is a component form of .

向 sound component

  Sound component

xiàngxiǎng

  

toward

Evolution

餉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
餉 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
餉 Clerical script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
餉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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xiǎng

rations and pay for soldiers; soldier's pay

Most common words with 餉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

军饷

(soldier's) pay

soldier's pay

粮饷

army provisions

兵饷

pay and provisions for soldiers