餐
cān
meal
to eat; classifier for meals
remnants (歺) + hand (又) + food (食) = a meal
歺 depicts broken bones or remnants — evoking scraps of food — while 又 suggests the hand reaching in to eat. Together with 食 (food/eating), the character paints a full picture of sitting down to a meal.
我们一天吃三餐。
wǒ men yī tiān chī sān cān。
We eat three meals a day.
他每天的早餐都很简单。
tā měi tiān de zǎo cān dōu hěn jiǎn dān。
His breakfast every day is very simple.
Words with 餐
餐饮店
cān yǐn diàn
dining room
圣餐
shèng cān
Holy Communion; Eucharist
一日三餐
yī rì sān cān
to have three meals a day
西餐
xī cān
Western-style food
进餐
jìn cān
to have a meal
配餐
pèi cān
catering
野餐
yě cān
picnic
野餐垫
yě cān diàn
picnic blanket
集餐
jí cān
communal dining where one takes one's food from dishes served to everyone at the table (contrasted with 分餐[fen1 can1])
风餐露宿
fēng cān lù sù
lit. to eat in the open air and sleep outdoors (idiom)
飞机餐
fēi jī cān
in-flight meal
餐点
cān diǎn
food