套餐
tào​cān HSK4

service package

套 tào cover

A cover has to be big (大) and long (镸) enough to wrap around what it is covering.

Components

大
大 Meaning component
dà, dài big
镸
镸 Meaning component
cháng long

镸 is a component form of 長.

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰaːw
tʰaːws

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

餐 cān eat

Phonosemantic compound. 食 represents the meaning and 𣦼 represents the sound.

Components

食
食 Meaning component
shí, shi eat
𣦼
𣦼 Sound component
cán to damage and pierce

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰaːn
Unicodetsɑn

說文解字

《說文》：“餐，吞也。从食，聲。湌，餐或从水。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)