Read Edit View history 馅 xiàn HSK7 pastry filling Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Simplified form of 餡. Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 臽 represents the sound. Components 饣 饣 Meaning component shí eat 饣 is a component form of 食. 臽 臽 Sound component xiàn a pit Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode 餡 xiàn pastry filling Traditional Phonosemantic compound. 飠 represents the meaning and 臽 represents the sound. Components 飠 飠 Meaning component eat 飠 is a component form of 食. 臽 臽 Sound component xiàn a pit Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangɡroːms Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang