餞 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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jiàn

farewell party

Phonosemantic compound. 飠 represents the meaning and 戔 represents the sound.

Components

飠 Meaning component

shí

eat

飠 is a component form of 食.

戔 Sound component

jiān

small

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

jiàn

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

Most common words with 餞

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

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4658th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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