xiǎng

host banquet

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Originally written as .

Components
食 meaning component

  Meaning component

shí

  

eat

鄉 sound component

  Sound component

xiāng

  

hometown

Evolution

饗 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
饗 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
饗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
饗 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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xiǎng

host banquet; banquet; (literary) to offer food and drinks; to entertain

Most common words with 饗
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to entertain

飨宴

feast