进餐 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

jìn advance Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 井 represents the sound. Simplified form of 進.

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

井 Sound Simplified component

jǐng well

Simplified from 隹 in the traditional character 進.

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

cān eat

Phonosemantic compound. 食 represents the meaning and 𣦼 represents the sound.

Components

食 Meaning component

shí, shi eat

𣦼 Sound component

cán to damage and pierce

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		sʰaːn
Unicode	tsɑn

說文解字

《說文》：“餐，吞也。从食，聲。湌，餐或从水。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

jìn go forward Traditional

辶 represents the meaning and 隹 depicts a bird, which is unable to walk backwards.

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

隹 Iconic component

zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Used here because birds are not able to walk backwards.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsinH	[ts][i][n]-s	advance (v.)

說文解字

登也。从辵，閵省聲。

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

进 jìn advance Simplified

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餐 cān eat

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說文解字

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進 jìn go forward Traditional

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jìn advance Simplified

cān eat

jìn go forward Traditional