餞

Information about character(s)

Radical: 食
Radical Strokes: 9
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 16
Simplified Form: 饯

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jiàn
Cantonese: zin3
JapaneseKun: HANAMUKE
JapaneseOn: SEN ZEN
Korean: CEN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: farewell party; see off, send off

CE-Dict: farewell dinner/preserves

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a farewell dinner or luncheon
2.to send off; to convoy
3.to present as a gift
4.preserves; jam

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: give a farewell dinner

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: give a farewell dinner

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《食部》餞送去也。从食戔聲。《詩》曰：“顯父餞之。”

康熙字典文字版 【戌集下】【食字部】餞
【廣韻】【正韻】𠀤慈演切，音踐。【說文】送去也。【徐曰】以酒食送也。【詩·邶風】飮餞于禰。【註】祖而舍軷飮酒其側曰餞。【釋文】餞，音踐。【爾雅·釋詁】餞，進也。【疏】餞者，進飮食之名也。　又凡送皆曰餞。【書·堯典】分命和仲宅西曰昧谷，寅餞納日。【註】寅，敬也，餞禮送行者之名。納日，方納之日也。蓋以秋分之暮夕方納之日，而識其景也。【釋文】餞，賤衍反。　又【廣韻】疾箭切【集韻】【韻會】才線切【正韻】在線切，𠀤音賤。義同。詩邶風，飮餞，徐邈讀。　又【集韻】子賤切，音箭。義同。

CF-Dict: conserves, salaisons/repas d'adieu

Han-De-Dict: bewahrt, eingemachte (u.E.)