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饔 is a phono-semantic compound combining the semantic component 食 ('food, eating') and the phonetic 雍. Historically it denoted the morning meal (breakfast), in contrast to 飧 for the evening meal. The character also carries the broader sense of cooked food or dressed meat, often in official banquets or sacrificial offerings, thus linking its pronunciation to the semantic domain of food.
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