懂中文 Dong Chinese

饯

jiàn

farewell party

Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 戋 represents the sound. Simplified form of 餞.

Components
饣 meaning component

饣  Meaning component

shí

  

eat

饣 is a component form of 食.

戋 sound component

戋  Sound component

jiān

  

small

Evolution

饯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
饯 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
饯 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

饯 (餞) 

jiàn

farewell party; see off, send off; farewell dinner; preserves

Most common words with 饯
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蜜饯

food preserved in sugar or honey

饯行

to give a farewell dinner

饯

preserves

饯别

to give a farewell dinner