烹饪
pēng​rèn

cooking

烹 pēng boil

Components

亨
亨 Sound component
hēng, xiǎng, pēng smoothly
灬
灬 Meaning component
biāo, huǒ fire

fire

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartphæng[p.qʰ]ˤraŋboil (v.)
Zhengzhangpqʰraːŋ
Unicodepæng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

饪 rèn cooked food Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 壬 represents the sound. Simplified form of 飪.

Components

饣
饣 Meaning component
shí eat

饣 is a component form of 食.

壬
壬 Sound component
rén 9th heavenly stem

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

飪 cooked food Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 飠 represents the meaning and 壬 represents the sound.

Components

飠
飠 Meaning component
eat

飠 is a component form of 食.

壬
壬 Sound component
rén 9th heavenly stem

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnyimXn[ə]mʔthoroughly cooked
Zhengzhangnjɯmʔ

說文解字

大孰也。从食壬聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)