yuàn

satiated

Phonosemantic compound. represents the sound and represents the meaning.

Components

Meaning component
eat

is a component form of .

SoundIconic component
yuàn, yuān to be satiated

Depicts a mouth () eating a piece of meat (⺼) to be full.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》:“,也。从食,肙聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
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Historical images
Academia Sinica