xiāng HSK3

hometown

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approved by Peter Olson · Jun 14, 2021, 04:57 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Jun 14, 2021, 04:57 PM

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Simplified form of . Pictograph of two people facing each other, kneeling down to share a meal. Based on the original meaning "feast" or "offer food", now written as . The meaning later shifted to "hometown". The right two components were removed for simplification.

Components

Iconic component
jié person kneeling

Depicts a kneeling person facing right.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to than it was in ancient scripts.
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eat
Deleted component
jié person kneeling

Depicts a kneeling person facing left.

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