xiǎng

host banquet

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
食 meaning component

  Meaning component

shí

  

eat

乡 sound component

  Sound component

xiāng

  

hometown

Evolution

飨 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
飨 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
飨 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
飨 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
飨 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
飨 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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xiǎng

host banquet; banquet; (literary) to offer food and drinks; to entertain

Most common words with 飨
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to entertain

飨宴

feast