Phonosemantic compound. 飠 represents the meaning and 并 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (餅)
Simplified (饼)
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Similar Characters
蝕 eat away (trad)飢 starving (trad/jp)飩 dumplings (trad)飪 cooked food (trad)飫 surfeited (trad)飯 meal (trad/jp)飴 Sweet-Cakes Sweet-Meats (trad)飼 rear (trad/jp)飽 sated (trad/jp)餃 dumpling (trad)餄 noodles either made (trad)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
餅
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
餅
Regular
Modern
Chinese
饼 / 餅 [bǐng]
round flat cake; cookie; cake; pastry; CL:張|张[zhāng]
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
餅 もち
Mochi surname
餅 もちさき
Mochisaki surname
CHINESE WORDS (64)
饼干 [bǐnggān] #2,298
biscuit
馅饼 [xiànbǐng] #3,379
meat pie
月饼 [yuèbǐng] #63,697
mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival)
煎饼 [jiānbǐng] #5,767
jianbing, a savory Chinese crêpe
薄饼 [báobǐng] #7,016
thin flat cake
烧饼 [shāobing] #41,256
baked sesame seed-coated cake
肉饼 [ròubǐng] #12,039
meat patty
大饼 [dàbǐng] #40,336
large flat bread
粉饼 [fěnbǐng] #26,608
compact (cosmetics)
比萨饼 [bǐsàbǐng] #12,731
pizza (loanword)
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JAPANESE WORDS (120)
尻餅をつく [しりもちをつく] #11,756
to fall on one's backside
⭐ 餅 [もち] #12,509
mochi
⭐ 煎餅 [せんべい] #29,157
(Japanese) rice cracker
お餅 [おもち] #31,514
mochi
尻餅 [しりもち] #43,741
falling on one's backside
金平糖 [コンペイトー] #45,243
konpeitō
⭐ 焼きもち [やきもち] #50,891
jealousy
餅つき [もちつき] #51,747
pounding mochi
餅は餅屋 [もちはもちや] #56,914
every man knows his own business best
鏡餅 [かがみもち] #60,634
kagami mochi
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