饷银 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

xiǎng rations and pay for soldiers Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 向 represents the sound. Simplified form of 餉.

Components

饣 Meaning component

shí eat

饣 is a component form of 食.

向 Sound component

xiàng toward

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

yín silver Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound. Simplified form of 銀.

Components

钅 Meaning component

jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

艮 Sound component

gěn, gèn, hén blunt

Change in sound

银 and 艮 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Sources

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

rations and pay for soldiers Traditional

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

Components

飠 Meaning component

eat

飠 is a component form of 食.

向 Sound component

xiàng toward

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	syangH	n̥ aŋ(ʔ)-s	give food; food
Zhengzhang		hljaŋs
Unicode	shiɑ̀ng

說文解字

饟也。从食向聲。

Sources

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

yín silver Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound.

Components

釒 Meaning component

jīn metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

艮 Sound component

gěn, gèn, hén blunt

Change in sound

銀 and 艮 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
銀 *ŋrə[n]
艮 kɯːns

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ngin	ŋrə[n]	silver

說文解字

《說文》：“銀，白金也。从金，艮聲。”

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)

饷 xiǎng rations and pay for soldiers Simplified

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银 yín silver Simplified

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餉 rations and pay for soldiers Traditional

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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銀 yín silver Traditional

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Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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xiǎng rations and pay for soldiers Simplified

yín silver Simplified

rations and pay for soldiers Traditional

yín silver Traditional