馓
sǎn

fried round cakes of wheat flour

Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 散 represents the sound. Simplified form of 饊.

Components

饣
饣 Meaning component
shí eat

饣 is a component form of 食.

散
散 Sound component
sàn, sǎn scatter

Sources

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饊 fried round cakes of wheat flour Traditional

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

Components

飠
飠 Meaning component
eat

飠 is a component form of 食.

散
散 Sound component
sàn, sǎn scatter

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsaːnʔ

Sources

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