Dong Chinese dictionary

shàn

meals

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 善 represents the sound. Simplified form of 饍.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

善 Sound component

shàn

good

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

shàn

meals, provisions, board; meals

shàn

variant of 膳[shàn]

Most common words with 膳

Sources