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The character 飧 is an ideogrammatic compound combining the radical 夕, meaning "evening", with 食, meaning "food". This pairing directly conveys its primary meaning: an evening meal. Historically, it has served mainly as a noun for dinner and, less commonly, as a verb meaning to soak rice in water for cooking. Its structure logically associates its two parts without a separate phonetic element, clearly representing the concept of supper as consistently understood in classical texts.