Where does “飯” come from?

飯 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 召す — call, summon; eat; wear.

飯 (Japanese): cooked grains, "especially" cooked rice; a meal

Definitions

  1. cooked grains, "especially" cooked rice; a meal

Ancestry of “飯”, step by step

飯 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 召す

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese召すcall, summon; eat; wear

via Middle Chinese 飯

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese飯—

Words derived from “飯”

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