餐厅
cān​tīng HSK5

restaurant

餐 cān eat

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

Components

食
食 Meaning component
shí, shi eat
𣦼
𣦼 Sound component
cán to damage and pierce

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰaːn
Unicodetsɑn

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)

厅 tīng hall Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 廳.

Components

厂
厂 MeaningSimplified component
chǎng cliff, (roof)
丁
丁 Sound component
dīng cubes

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

廳 tīng hall Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 聽 represents the sound.

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
聽
聽 Sound component
tīng, ting hear

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl̥ʰeːŋ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica