Skip to main content

踐: farewell dinner

By November 30, 2016January 16th, 2017Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

餞 [饯] jiàn


: farewell dinner
: see off
: preserves

Kun Reading

餞 | はなむけ hanamuke

noun
: farewell gift; parting gift; viaticum

On Reading

セン sen

 Usage:

餞別 [饯别] jian4bie2: to give a farewell dinner
[餞別 | せんべつ senbetsu: farewell gift]
餞[饯]行 jian4xing2: to give a farewell dinner
餞進主義 [饯进主义] jian4 jin4 zhu3yi4: gradualism
蜜餞[饯] mi4jian4: food preserved in sugar or honey

做成蜜餞[饯] zuo4 cheng2 mi4jian4: crystallize
藥屬葵蜜餞 [药属葵蜜饯] yao4shu3kui2 mi4jian4: marshmallow

 Etymology:
形声 Pictophonetic.
食 (shi2: eat; food radical 184) suggests the meaning while
(jian1: small; narrow; halberd radical 62) provides the sound.



简写 Simplified.
饯. Derived from generic character simplification rule #46 (戔 » 戋). Derived from generic radical simplification #2 (飠食 » 饣).



 Examples:
none applicable

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary