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饷

餉
xiǎng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 military pay
  2. 2 soldier's wages
  3. 3 to send food to field workers

Examples

HSK 6
士兵已经三个月没领到军饷了。
Shìbīng yǐjīng sān gè yuè méi lǐng dào jūnxiǎng le.
The soldiers had not received their pay for three months.
HSK 6
她把饭饷给田里干活的人。
Tā bǎ fàn xiǎng gěi tiánlǐ gànhuó de rén.
She carried food out to the people working in the fields.

Tips

usage
Today 饷 is mostly seen in 军饷 (military pay). Its original sense was carrying meals out to people working in the fields.

Components

radical
饣 shí
food; to eat
The food radical, side form of 食, fits the original meaning of 饷: delivering food, later extended to provisioning troops with pay.
phonetic
向 xiàng
toward; direction
Supplies the sound, close to the modern reading xiǎng. It is the same character seen standing alone as 向.

Stroke Order

饷 xiǎng