饩
xì

gift of grain

Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 气 represents the sound.

Components

饣
饣 Meaning component
shí eat

饣 is a component form of 食.

气
气 Sound component
qì, qi air

Sources

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

餼 gift of grain Traditional

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

Components

飠
飠 Meaning component
eat

飠 is a component form of 食.

氣
氣 Sound component
qì, qi air

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxj+jHqʰ(r)ə[t]-s gift of animals or grain

說文解字

《說文》：“氣，饋客芻米也。从米，气聲。《春秋傳》曰：‘齊人來氣諸矦。’，氣或从既；餼，氣或从食。”

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)