飨
xiǎng

host banquet

Phonosemantic compound. 食 represents the meaning and 乡 represents the sound. Simplified form of 饗.

Components

食
食 Meaning component
shí, shi eat
乡
乡 Sound component
xiāng hometown

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

饗 host banquet Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 食 represents the meaning and 鄉 represents the sound. Originally written as 鄉.

Components

食
食 Meaning component
shí, shi eat
鄉
鄉 Sound component
xiāng hometown

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartxjangXqʰaŋʔ feast

說文解字

《說文》：“饗，鄉人飲酒也。从食，从鄉，鄉亦聲。”

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)