餉
xiǎng

rations and pay for soldiers

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

Components

飠
飠 Meaning component
eat

飠 is a component form of 食.

向
向 Sound component
xiàng toward

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsyangHn̥ aŋ(ʔ)-sgive food; food
Zhengzhanghljaŋs
Unicodeshiɑ̀ng

說文解字

饟也。从食向聲。

Sources

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

饷 xiǎng rations and pay for soldiers Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 向 represents the sound. Simplified form of 餉.

Components

饣
饣 Meaning component
shí eat

饣 is a component form of 食.

向
向 Sound component
xiàng toward

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode