饗 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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xiǎng

host banquet

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

Components

食 Meaning component

shí, sì

eat

鄉 Sound component

xiāng

hometown

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

xiǎng

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

Most common words with 饗

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	飨	to entertain
	飨宴	feast

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*qʰaŋʔ	xjangX	xiǎng	feast

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4724th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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