膳
shàn HSK7

meals

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 善 represents the sound. Simplified form of 饍.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

善
善 Sound component
shàn good

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdjens
Unicodezhiɛ̀n

說文解字

具食也。从肉善聲。

Sources

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