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The character "馋", with its traditional form "饞", combines the "食" radical denoting food with the component "毚", which offers phonetic guidance and carries associations of greed, originally conveying a sense of gluttony or an excessive desire for food. Over time, its application expanded to describe strong cravings not limited to comestibles, as evidenced in compounds like "眼馋", which refers to coveting objects visually. The simplified form "馋" maintains the "食" radical in its reduced shape "饣" and substitutes the right element with a simplified component, thereby sustaining the core semantic idea while adjusting the character's graphical composition.
Example Sentences Hide
妹妹很馋巧克力。
他馋得流口水了。
小猫闻到鱼味就馋。
我有点馋妈妈做的菜。
你看他眼馋的样子真好笑。
这孩子总是馋别人的零食。
尽管刚吃过饭，他还是馋蛋糕。
她忍不住馋意，买了一块蛋糕。