饭

fàn

cooked rice

CL:碗[wan3]; meal; CL:頓|顿[dun4]; (loanword) fan; devotee

food (饣) + sound fàn (反) = cooked rice or a meal

The food radical (饣) carries the meaning — this is something you eat. 反 mainly provides the sound fàn and does not add semantic content here.

饣+反→饭
反To turn overPhonetic
饣FoodSemantic

妈妈每天都做饭给我们吃。

māma měi tiān dōu zuò fàn gěi wǒmen chī。

Mom cooks meals for us every day.

你吃饭了吗?我们一起去餐厅吧。

nǐ chī fàn le ma?wǒmen yìqǐ qù cāntīng ba。

Have you eaten yet? Let's go to a restaurant together.

Words with 饭

饭厅

fàn tīng

dining room

稀饭

xī fàn

porridge; gruel; congee

做饭

zuò fàn

to prepare a meal

饭团

fàn tuán

rice ball (steamed rice formed into a ball and stuffed with various fillings)

酒饭

jiǔ fàn

food and drink

早饭

zǎo fàn

breakfast

大饭店

dà fàn diàn

grand hotel; large, upscale hotel

御饭团

yù fàn tuán

onigiri (Japanese-style riceball)

盖浇饭

gài jiāo fàn

rice with meat and vegetables

长城饭店

cháng chéng fàn diàn

Great Wall Hotel (Beijing Sheraton 喜來登|喜来登)

酒囊饭袋

jiǔ náng fàn dài

wine sack, food bag (idiom); useless person, only fit for guzzling and boozing

酒足饭饱

jiǔ zú fàn bǎo

to have eaten and drunk to one's heart's content

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