餐具 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

cānjù

tableware

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)

jù, ju tool

Depicts two hands (廾) handling a cooking pot (鼎).

Components

鼎 Iconic Remnant component

dǐng, zhēn cooking pot

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 鼎 than it was in ancient scripts.

廾 Iconic component

gǒng two hands

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 廾 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

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Component uses

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惧俱飓犋颶

Meaning (1)

算

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	gjuH	[g](r)o-s	arrange, provide

說文解字

《說文》：“具，共置也。从廾，从貝省。古以貝為貨。”

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)

餐 cān eat

Components

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說文解字

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具 jù, ju tool

Components

Character Evolution

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Sound (0 of 5 verified)

Meaning (1)

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說文解字

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cān eat

jù, ju tool