饯
jiàn

farewell party

Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 戋 represents the sound. Simplified form of 餞.

Components

饣
饣 Meaning component
shí eat

饣 is a component form of 食.

戋
戋 Sound component
jiān, cán small

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

餞 farewell party Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 飠 represents the meaning and 戔 represents the sound.

Components

飠
飠 Meaning component
eat

飠 is a component form of 食.

戔
戔 Sound component
small

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangzlenʔ
zlens
Unicodedzhiɛ̀n
dzhiɛ̌n

說文解字

送去也。从食戔聲。《詩》曰：“顯父餞之。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)