Definitions
old variant of 飯|饭[fàn]
Etymology
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飰 is a phono-semantic compound and a historical variant of the common character 飯. Its left side, the food radical 食, indicates the semantic domain of food, while the right side provides the sound. Like 飯, it originally referred to cooked grains, especially rice, an ancient staple, before broadening to mean a meal or the act of eating in general. This variant then fell out of use, leaving 飯 as the standard character for these meanings.
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