懂中文 Dong Chinese

饷

xiǎng

rations and pay for soldiers

Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 向 represents the sound. Simplified form of 餉.

Components
饣 meaning component

饣  Meaning component

shí

  

eat

饣 is a component form of 食.

向 sound component

向  Sound component

xiàng, xiǎng

  

toward

Evolution

饷 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
饷 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
饷 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

饷 (餉) 

xiǎng

rations and pay for soldiers; soldier's pay

饷 (饟) 

xiǎng

variant of 餉|饷[xiǎng]

Most common words with 饷
Freq.
Word
Meaning

军饷

(soldier's) pay

饷

soldier's pay

粮饷

army provisions

兵饷

pay and provisions for soldiers