飨
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(literary) to offer food and drinks; to entertain
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Dict coverage rank #3,382 U+98E8
How 飨 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
食 (semantic, “food”) + 乡 (phonetic, xiāng)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 乡
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 乡 (xiāng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乡 sound component | xiāng | country, village; rural |
| 芗 | xiāng | fragrant, aromatic; the smell of herbs |
Words containing 飨
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 以飨读者 | yǐ xiǎng dú zhě | for the benefit of the reader |
| 飨客 | xiǎng kè | to entertain a guest |
| 飨饮 | xiǎng yǐn | to enjoy offered food and drink |
| 尚飨 | shàng xiǎng | I beg you to partake of this sacrifice (used at the end of an elegiac address) |
| 赞飨 | zàn xiǎng | (literary) sacrificial prayer to a deity |
| 宴飨 | yàn xiǎng | to host a banquet; feast; banquet; ceremony of sacrifice |
| 宴飨 | yàn xiǎng | variant of 宴饗|宴飨[yan4 xiang3] |
| 飨宴 | xiǎng yàn | feast; banquet; (fig.) a treat; a grand experience (for the senses, mind, or spirit) |