饔飧
yōng​sūn

breakfast and supper

饔 yōng breakfast

Components

雍
雍 Sound component
yōng harmony
食
食 Meaning component
shí, shi eat

food

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqoŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

飧 sūn evening meal

An evening 夕 meal 食

Components

夕
夕 Meaning component
xī evening
食
食 Meaning component
shí, shi eat

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartswon[s]ˤu[r]evening meal
Zhengzhangsuːn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica