shèng​zhuàn

feast

shèng, chéng abundant

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
mǐn, mǐng dish

Depicts a full container.

Sound component
chéng, cheng completed

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzyeng[d]eŋ put in (a receptacle)
dzyengH[d]eŋ-s full, abundant

說文解字

《說文》:“盛,黍稷在器中以祀者也。从皿,成聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

zhuàn feed Simplified

Components

Meaning component
shí eat

food

Sound component
xùn, zhuàn obedient

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

feed Traditional

Components

Meaning component
eat

food

Sound component
xùn, zhuàn obedient

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsɡroːnʔ
sɡrons
Unicodejrhiuɛ̀n
jrhuǎn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica