rèn

cooked food

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
饣 meaning component

  Meaning component

shí

  

eat

is a component form of .

壬 sound component

  Sound component

rén

  

9th heavenly stem

Evolution

饪 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
饪 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
饪 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
饪 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
饪 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

rèn

cooked food; cook until well done; to cook (until ready)

() 

rèn

variant of |[rèn]

Most common words with 饪
Freq.
Word
Meaning

烹饪

cooking

cooked food

烹饪法

cuisine