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饭fàn

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饭

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Shuowen

The character 饭 depicts cooked grain ready for consumption, combining 食 (food/grain) as the semantic element with 卩 (a phonetic component that later became 反). This composition reflects its core meaning of cooked rice or prepared food, the essential grain dish that forms the basis of a Chinese meal. The choice of 食 as the meaning component makes clear that this character concerns sustenance and eating, while the phonetic element indicates the pronunciation.

Pinyin

fàn· HSK 1