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飯
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饭
🇨🇳

meal

HSK 10 N3
Objects →Food
fàn
ハン
めし
반
Phonosemantic compound. 飠 represents the meaning and 反 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (飯)
飠 radical+ 反 against =
飯 meal
飠 Meaning component
radical
飠 is a component form of 食.
反 Phonetic component
fǎn against
reverse, opposite, contrary, anti
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Simplified (饭)
饣 food+ 反 against =
饭 cooked rice
饣 Meaning component
shí food
eat, food
饣 is a component form of 食.
反 Phonetic component
fǎn against
reverse, opposite, contrary, anti
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Notes
Similar Characters
蝕 eat away (trad)飢 starving (trad/jp)飩 dumplings (trad)飪 cooked food (trad)飫 surfeited (trad)飴 Sweet-Cakes Sweet-Meats (trad)飼 rear (trad/jp)飽 sated (trad/jp)餃 dumpling (trad)餄 noodles either made (trad)餅 cookie (trad/jp)餉 rations and pay (trad)餌 bait (trad/jp)餎 noodles either made (trad)餑 cakes (trad)餒 dispirited (trad)餓 hungry (trad/jp)餕 leftovers (trad)餘 excess (trad)餚 cooked or prepared meat (trad)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
飯
Regular
Modern
Chinese
饭 / 飯 [fàn]
cooked rice; CL:碗[wǎn]; meal; CL:頓|顿[dùn]; (loanword) fan; devotee
Japanese
飯 めし 同音

noun

  1. male cooked rice
  2. male meal; food
  3. male one's living; livelihood
飯 まんま 、 まま 同音

noun

  1. childrenusually kana food
  2. dated cooked rice
飯 いい 同音
noun archaic cooked rice
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
とにかくメシ・・・といきたいところだが、その前に用を足すことにした。
Anyhow, lunch ... is where I wanted to go but I decided to go to the toilet first.
Japanese Names
飯 い
I place name
飯 いい
Ii surname
飯 いいざき
Iizaki surname
飯 いいたか
Iitaka surname
飯 めし
Meshi surname
CHINESE WORDS (120)
吃饭 [chī​fàn] #1,336
to have a meal
晚饭 [wǎn​fàn] #1,670
evening meal
午饭 [wǔ​fàn] #1,845
lunch
饭店 [fàn​diàn] #3,333
restaurant
做饭 [zuò​fàn] #3,811
to prepare a meal
早饭 [zǎo​fàn] #4,128
breakfast
米饭 [mǐ​fàn] #9,088
(cooked) rice
饭菜 [fàn​cài] #10,903
food
饭碗 [fàn​wǎn] #7,355
rice bowl
稀饭 [xī​fàn] #40,136
porridge
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JAPANESE WORDS (186)
⭐ ご飯 [ごはん] #2,010
cooked rice
⭐ 夕飯 [ゆうはん] #4,417
evening meal
⭐ 昼飯 [ひるめし] #9,765
lunch
⭐ 朝ごはん [あさごはん] #11,097
breakfast
⭐ 昼ご飯 [ひるごはん] #12,799
lunch
⭐ 朝飯 [あさめし] #13,544
breakfast
飯を食う [めしをくう] #14,538
to have a meal
⭐ 晩御飯 [ばんごはん] #14,596
dinner
晩飯 [ばんめし] #14,831
dinner
日常茶飯事 [にちじょうさはんじ] #16,527
everyday occurrence
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KOREAN WORDS (4)
반찬 #16,738
side dish
다반사
everyday affair
백반
baekban; set menu
조반
breakfast