餐cān
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餐
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The character 餐 depicts a kneeling person (like 卩) beside a bowl or vessel of food, combining with the food radical 食 to represent the act of eating; it is written this way to show a person consuming a meal, hence the meanings "to eat" or "meal."
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cān· HSK 1