蜜饯
mì​jiàn

candied fruit

蜜 mì honey

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 宓 represents the sound.

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
宓
宓 Sound component
mì, fú quiet

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmjitmithoney
Zhengzhangmliɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

饯 jiàn farewell party Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 戋 represents the sound. Simplified form of 餞.

Components

饣
饣 Meaning component
shí eat

饣 is a component form of 食.

戋
戋 Sound component
jiān, cán small

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

餞 farewell party Traditional

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

Components

飠
飠 Meaning component
eat

飠 is a component form of 食.

戔
戔 Sound component
small

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangzlenʔ
zlens
Unicodedzhiɛ̀n
dzhiɛ̌n

說文解字

送去也。从食戔聲。《詩》曰：“顯父餞之。”

Sources

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