飯めし

See also: 饭

飯めし U+98EF, 飯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-98EF ← 飮いん [U+98EE] CJK Unified Ideographs 飰 → [U+98F0]

飯めし U+FA2A, 飯 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA2A ← 﨩 [U+FA29] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 飼 → [U+FA2B]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

飯めし (Kangxi radical 184, 食しょく+4, 13 strokes in Chinese, 12 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 人ひと戈ほこ竹ちく水すい (OIHE), four-corner 8174₇, composition ⿰飠反はん(GHTJV) or ⿰𩙿反はん(K))

Derived characters

• 𪾗

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1417, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44064
• Dae Jaweon: page 1941, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4444, character 5
• Unihan data for U+98EF

• Unihan data for U+FA2A

Chinese

trad.		飯めし
simp.		饭

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 飯めし
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (反はん) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
扳	*praːn, *pʰraːn
板いた	*praːnʔ
版はん	*praːnʔ
瓪	*praːnʔ, *paːnʔ
昄	*praːnʔ, *braːnʔ, *paːnʔ
鈑	*praːnʔ
蝂	*praːnʔ
眅	*pʰraːn, *pʰraːnʔ
阪ばん	*braːnʔ, *panʔ
魬	*braːnʔ
粄	*paːnʔ
反はん	*panʔ, *pʰan
返かえし	*panʔ
坂さか	*panʔ
畈	*pans
販	*pans
汳	*pʰans
飯めし	*bonʔ, *bons

Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい／形声けいせい, OC *bonʔ, *bons) : semantic 食しょく (“food”) + phonetic 反はん (OC *panʔ, *pʰan).

Etymology 1

Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *puuŋ (“cooked rice”), whence Mon ပုၚ် (pɜŋ, “cooked rice”) (Ferlus, 1988).

Pronunciation 1 is the exopassive derivation of pronunciation 2, meaning "what is eaten" (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): fàn (fan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fan⁴

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фан (fan, III)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): faan⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): fan⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): fan⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fan

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fan⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): fan³
• Northern Min (KCR): būing
• Eastern Min (BUC): buông / huáng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pn̄g / pňg / pūiⁿ / hoān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bung⁷ / beng⁷ / huêng⁶ / huang⁶ / huam⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ve
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fan⁵ / fan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàn
    • Wade–Giles: fan⁴
    • Yale: fàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fann
    • Palladius: фань (fanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: fan⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fan²¹³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фан (fan, III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fæ̃⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

Note: "noodles", "rice" in components, e.g. мифан (米飯べいはん).

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: faan⁶
    • Yale: faahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: fan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fan³²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: fan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fan¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fan
    • Hakka Romanization System: fan
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fan⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fan⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: fan³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /fæ̃⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: būing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puiŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: buông / huáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puɔŋ²⁴²/, /huɑŋ²¹³/

Note:

• buông - colloquial;
• huáng - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung, Singapore, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: pn̄g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: png
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan): /pŋ̍³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kinmen, Singapore): /pŋ̍²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /pŋ̍⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pňg
    • Tâi-lô: pňg
    • IPA (Lukang): /pŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Zhangpu, Yilan, Penang, Medan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pūiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: puīnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvui
    • IPA (Zhangpu, Yilan): /puĩ³³/
    • IPA (Penang): /puĩ²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /puĩ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoān
    • Tâi-lô: huān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /huan²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /huan³³/

Note:

• pn̄g/pňg/pūiⁿ - colloquial;
• hoān - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: bung⁷ / beng⁷ / huêng⁶ / huang⁶ / huam⁶
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pūng / pṳ̄ng / huĕng / huăng / huăm
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puŋ¹¹/, /pɯŋ¹¹/, /hueŋ³⁵/, /huaŋ³⁵/, /huam³⁵/

Note:

• bung7 - vernacular (Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai);
• beng7 - vernacular (Jieyang, Chaoyang, Raoping);
• huêng6 - literary (Chaozhou);
• huang6 - literary (Shantou, Chenghai, Raoping);
• huam6 - literary (Jieyang, Chaoyang).

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ve
    • MiniDict: ve^去さ
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ve
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ve²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: fan⁵ / fan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸan²¹/, /ɸan⁴⁵/

Note:

• fan5 - vernacular;
• fan4 - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: bjonH

Rime
Character	飯めし
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲こえ)	並なみ (3)
Final (韻いん)	元もと (66)
Tone (調しらべ)	Departing (H)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Closed
Division (等ひとし)	III
Fanqie	符ふ万まん切きり
Baxter	bjonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉɐnH/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷiɐnH/
Shao Rongfen	/biuɐnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buanH/
Li Rong	/biuɐnH/
Wang Li	/bĭwɐnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯wɐnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faan6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*bo[n]ʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*bons/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	飯めし
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fàn
Middle Chinese	‹ bjonH ›
Old Chinese	/*bo[n]ʔ-s/
English	cooked rice or millet
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	飯めし
Reading #	2/2
No.	2977
Phonetic component	反はん
Rime group	元もと
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	飯めし
Old Chinese	/*bons/

Definitions

飯めし

1. any cooked grain (rice, millet, etc.)

   小米こごめ飯めし／小米こごめ饭  ―  xiǎomǐ fàn  ―  cooked millet

2. (particularly) cooked rice (Classifier: 碗わん m c h mn)

   糯米もちごめ飯めし／糯米もちごめ饭 [Cantonese]  ―  no⁶ mai⁵ faan⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  (cooked) sticky rice

   你要よう吃ども飯めし還かえ是これ吃ども麵？ [MSC, trad.]
   你要よう吃ども饭还是吃ども面めん？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ yào chī fàn háishì chī miàn? [Pinyin]

   Do you want to eat rice or noodles?

3. meal (Classifier: 頓ひたすら／顿 m mn; 餐 m c)

   早はや飯めし／早はや饭  ―  zǎofàn  ―  breakfast

4. (dialectal) noodles
5. (Mainland China Hokkien) egg clusters shaped like rice balls (of some animals)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 米飯べいはん (“cooked rice”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		飯めし
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		米飯べいはん, 飯めし
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	米飯べいはん, 飯めし
	Taiwan	飯めし, 米飯べいはん
	Ulanhot	米飯べいはん
	Tongliao	米飯べいはん
	Chifeng	米飯べいはん, 乾飯ほしいい
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	米飯べいはん
	Harbin	米飯べいはん, 乾飯ほしいい, 飯めし
	Malaysia	飯めし
	Singapore	飯めし
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	乾飯ほしいい, 大だい米べい乾飯ほしいい, 米飯べいはん
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	乾飯ほしいい, 米飯べいはん, 大だい米べい乾飯ほしいい
	Qingdao	乾飯ほしいい
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	大だい米飯べいはん, 大だい米べい乾飯ほしいい, 米飯べいはん
	Wanrong	大だい米飯べいはん, 米飯べいはん
	Zhengzhou	米飯べいはん
	Xi'an	米飯べいはん
	Xining	大だい米飯べいはん
	Xuzhou	米飯べいはん, 大だい米べい乾飯ほしいい, 乾飯ほしいい
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	乾飯ほしいい, 稻いね米まい乾飯ほしいい
	Bayanhot	乾飯ほしいい
	Lanzhou	大だい米飯べいはん, 米飯べいはん
	Ürümqi	乾飯ほしいい, 米飯べいはん
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	乾飯ほしいい, 飯めし, 𩛲𩛲 childish
	Wuhan	乾飯ほしいい, 飯めし
	Guiyang	飯めし
	Guilin	米飯べいはん
	Liuzhou	飯めし, 米飯べいはん
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	飯めし, 米飯べいはん, 乾飯ほしいい
	Yangzhou	飯めし
	Nantong	米飯べいはん
	Hefei	乾飯ほしいい, 飯めし
	Huanggang	飯めし
Cantonese	Guangzhou	飯めし
	Hong Kong	飯めし
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	飯めし
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	飯めし
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	飯めし
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	飯めし
	Macau	飯めし, 阿おもね囡薯
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	飯めし
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	飯めし
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	飯めし
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	飯めし
	Foshan	飯めし
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	飯めし
	Foshan (Shunde)	飯めし
	Foshan (Sanshui)	飯めし
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	飯めし
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	飯めし
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	飯めし
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	飯めし
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	飯めし
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	飯めし
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	飯めし
	Taishan	飯めし
	Kaiping (Chikan)	飯めし
	Enping (Niujiang)	飯めし
	Heshan (Yayao)	飯めし
	Dongguan	飯めし
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	飯めし
	Shaoguan	飯めし
	Yunfu	飯めし
	Yangjiang	飯めし
	Xinyi	飯めし
	Lianjiang	飯めし
	Nanning	飯めし
	Wuzhou	飯めし
	Yulin	飯めし
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	飯めし
	Beihai	飯めし
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	飯めし
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	飯めし
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	飯めし
	Danzhou	飯めし
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	飯めし
	Penang (Guangfu)	飯めし
	Singapore (Guangfu)	飯めし
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	飯めし
	Móng Cái	飯めし
Gan	Nanchang	飯めし
	Lichuan	飯めし
	Pingxiang	飯めし
Hakka	Meixian	飯めし
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	飯めし
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	飯めし
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	飯めし
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	飯めし
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	飯めし
	Yudu	飯めし
	Shicheng	飯めし
	Shangyou (Shexi)	飯めし
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	飯めし
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	飯めし
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	飯めし
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	飯めし
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	飯めし
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	飯めし
	Hong Kong	飯めし
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	大だい米飯べいはん
	Senai (Huiyang)	飯めし
	Kuching (Hepo)	飯めし
	Singkawang	飯めし
Huizhou	Jixi	飯めし
	Shexian	飯めし
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	飯めし
	Xiuning	飯めし
	Yixian	飯めし
	Qimen	飯めし
	Wuyuan	飯めし
Jin	Taiyuan	大だい米飯べいはん, 米飯べいはん
	Pingyao	大だい米飯べいはん, 米飯べいはん
	Xinzhou	米飯べいはん
	Taibus (Baochang)	米飯べいはん
	Linhe	米飯べいはん
	Jining	白しろ米飯べいはん
	Hohhot	米飯べいはん
	Baotou	白しろ米飯べいはん
	Dongsheng	米飯べいはん
	Haibowan	燜飯
Northern Min	Jian'ou	飯めし
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	飯めし
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	白しろ飯めし
	Pucheng (Shibei)	早さ米飯べいはん
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	飯めし
	Fuqing	飯めし
Southern Min	Xiamen	飯めし
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	飯めし
	Quanzhou	飯めし
	Zhangzhou	飯めし
	Taipei	飯めし
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	飯めし
	Kaohsiung	飯めし
	Yilan	飯めし
	Changhua (Lukang)	飯めし, 糜
	Taichung	飯めし
	Tainan	飯めし
	Hsinchu	飯めし
	Kinmen	飯めし
	Penghu (Magong)	飯めし
	Penang (Hokkien)	飯めし
	Singapore (Hokkien)	飯めし
	Manila (Hokkien)	飯めし
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	飯めし
	Datian	飯めし
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	飯めし
	Chaozhou	飯めし
	Shantou	飯めし
	Bangkok (Teochew)	飯めし
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	飯めし
	Singapore (Teochew)	飯めし
	Leizhou	飯めし
	Wenchang	飯めし, 糜
	Haikou	飯めし, 糜
	Qionghai	飯めし, 糜
	Singapore (Hainanese)	飯めし
Puxian Min	Putian	暝
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	暝
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	飯めし
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	米べい暝
	Xianyou	暝
	Xianyou (Fengting)	暝
	Xianyou (Youyang)	暝
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	飯めし
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	飯めし, 米飯べいはん, 大だい米飯べいはん
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	米飯べいはん
Shehua	Fuding	焦こげ飯めし
	Luoyuan	飯めし
	Sanming	飯めし
	Shunchang	飯めし
	Guixi (Zhangping)	飯めし
	Cangnan	飯めし
	Jingning (Hexi)	飯めし
	Lishui	飯めし
	Longyou	飯めし
	Chaozhou	焦こげ飯めし
	Fengshun	飯めし
Wu	Shanghai	飯めし, 白しろ米飯べいはん
	Shanghai (Chongming)	米飯べいはん, 飯めし
	Suzhou	飯めし
	Wuxi	飯めし
	Danyang	飯めし
	Hangzhou	飯めし
	Ningbo	飯めし
	Wenzhou	飯めし, 白しろ米飯べいはん, 米飯べいはん, 燥飯
	Jinhua	飯めし
Xiang	Changsha	飯めし
	Loudi	飯めし
	Shuangfeng	飯めし
	Quanzhou	飯めし

Dialectal synonyms of 麵條 (“noodle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		麵條, 麵
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	麵條兒じ, 麵
	Taiwan	麵條, 麵
	Harbin	麵條兒じ
	Malaysia	麵
	Singapore	麵
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	麵條兒じ, 麵
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	麵
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	麵條兒じ, 麵
	Wanrong	飯めし
	Xi'an	麵
	Xining	麵條兒じ
	Xuzhou	麵條兒じ, 麵條子こ
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	麵, 飯めし
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	麵條子こ, 麵
	Lanzhou	麵條子こ
	Ürümqi	麵條子こ, 麵
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	麵
	Wuhan	麵, 麵條
	Guiyang	麵
	Liuzhou	麵條, 麵
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	麵, 麵條
	Yangzhou	麵
	Hefei	麵條, 麵
Cantonese	Guangzhou	麵
	Hong Kong	麵
	Dongguan	麵
	Yangjiang	麵
	Beihai	麵條
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	麵條
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	麵條
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	麵條
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	麵
	Penang (Guangfu)	麵
	Singapore (Guangfu)	麵
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	麵
	Móng Cái	麵條
	Yangon (Taishan)	麵
	Mandalay (Taishan)	麵
Gan	Nanchang	麵
	Lichuan	麵
	Pingxiang	麵
Hakka	Meixian	麵, 麵條
	Yudu	麵
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	麵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	麵
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	麵
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	大だい麵, 麵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	麵
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	大だい麵
Huizhou	Jixi	麵
Jin	Taiyuan	麵條子こ, 麵條, 麵
	Xinzhou	麵條子こ, 條條じょうじょう子こ麵, 條じょう子こ麵, 麵
Northern Min	Jian'ou	麵
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	麵
Southern Min	Xiamen	麵
	Quanzhou	麵
	Jinjiang	麵
	Shishi	麵
	Yongchun	麵奇
	Zhangzhou	麵
	Yilan	麵
	Penang (Hokkien)	麵
	Singapore (Hokkien)	麵
	Manila (Hokkien)	麵
	Chaozhou	麵
	Shantou	麵
	Singapore (Teochew)	麵
	Haikou	麵, 麵條
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	麵
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	麵
Wu	Shanghai	麵, 麵條
	Shanghai (Chongming)	麵
	Suzhou	麵
	Danyang	麵
	Hangzhou	麵
	Ningbo	麵
	Wenzhou	麵
	Jinhua	麵
Xiang	Changsha	麵
	Shuangfeng	麵

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fàn (fan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàn
    • Wade–Giles: fan⁴
    • Yale: fàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fann
    • Palladius: фань (fanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: faan⁶
    • Yale: faahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: bjonX

Rime
Character	飯めし
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲こえ)	並なみ (3)
Final (韻いん)	元もと (66)
Tone (調しらべ)	Rising (X)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Closed
Division (等ひとし)	III
Fanqie	扶晚ばん切きり
Baxter	bjonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉɐnX/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷiɐnX/
Shao Rongfen	/biuɐnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buanX/
Li Rong	/biuɐnX/
Wang Li	/bĭwɐnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯wɐnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faan6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*bo[n]ʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*bonʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	飯めし
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fàn
Middle Chinese	‹ bjonX ›
Old Chinese	/*bo[n]ʔ/
English	eat
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	飯めし
Reading #	1/2
No.	2976
Phonetic component	反はん
Rime group	元もと
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	飯めし
Old Chinese	/*bonʔ/

Definitions

飯めし

1. (obsolete) to eat

   • 舜しゅん之これ飯めし糗茹草くさ也，若わか將はた終身しゅうしん焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     舜しゅん之これ饭糗茹草くさ也，若わか将はた终身焉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Shùn zhī fàn qiǔ rú cǎo yě, ruò jiāng zhōngshēn yān. [Pinyin]

     Shun's manner of eating his parched grain and herbs was as if he were to be doing so all his life.

2. (obsolete) to give food to; to let someone eat; to feed

   • 有ゆう一いち母はは見み信しん飢かつえ，飯めし信しん。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     有ゆう一いち母はは见信しん饥，饭信しん。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Yǒu yī mǔ jiàn Xìn jī, fàn Xìn. [Pinyin]

     A woman saw that Han Xin was hungry, and thus gave him food to eat.

Compounds

• 一口ひとくち飯めし／一口ひとくち饭
• 一いち飯めし之の恩おん／一いち饭之恩おん
• 一いち飯めし千金せんきん／一いち饭千金きん
• 三さん茶ちゃ六ろく飯めし／三さん茶ちゃ六ろく饭
• 下しも飯めし／下しも饭 (xiàfàn)
• 下しも飯めし菜さい兒じ／下しも饭菜儿
• 下馬げば飯めし／下しも马饭
• 不ふ茶ちゃ不ふ飯めし／不ふ茶ちゃ不ふ饭
• 丟飯碗わん／丢饭碗わん (diū fànwǎn)
• 中ちゅう飯めし／中ちゅう饭 (zhōngfàn)
• 乞食こじき飯めし牛うし／乞食こじき饭牛
• 乾飯ほしいい／干ひ饭 (gānfàn)
• 代だい飯めし／代だい饭
• 份兒飯めし／份儿饭 (fènrfàn)
• 便びん飯めし／便びん饭 (biànfàn)
• 倒たおせ頭あたま飯めし／倒たおせ头饭
• 做飯／做饭 (zuòfàn)
• 八はち寶飯ほい／八はち宝たから饭 (bābǎofàn)
• 公事こうじ飯めし／公事こうじ饭
• 冷飯ひやめし／冷ひや饭 (lěngfàn)
• 出で飯めし／出で饭 (chūfàn)
• 剩あま飯めし／剩あま饭 (shèngfàn)
• 包つつみ飯めし／包つつみ饭 (bāofàn)
• 午うま飯めし／午うま饭 (wǔfàn)
• 卯う飯めし／卯う饭
• 吃ども偏へん飯めし／吃ども偏へん饭
• 吃ども大だい鍋なべ飯めし／吃ども大だい锅饭 (chī dàguōfàn)
• 吃ども太平たいへい飯めし／吃ども太平たいへい饭
• 吃ども子孫しそん飯めし／吃ども子こ孙饭
• 吃ども死し飯めし／吃ども死し饭
• 吃ども派は飯めし／吃ども派は饭
• 吃ども洋よう飯めし／吃ども洋よう饭
• 吃ども現げん成なり飯めし／吃ども现成饭
• 吃ども白しろ飯めし／吃ども白しろ饭 (chī báifàn)
• 吃ども自在じざい飯めし／吃ども自在じざい饭
• 吃ども葷飯／吃ども荤饭
• 吃ども衙門飯めし／吃ども衙门饭
• 各かく衣ころも另飯／各かく衣ころも另饭
• 吃ども開口かいこう飯めし／吃ども开口饭
• 吃ども飯めし／吃ども饭 (chīfàn)
• 吃ども飯めし傢伙／吃ども饭家伙
• 吃ども飯めし家か伙
• 吐飯成なり蜂はち／吐饭成なり蜂はち
• 吃ども飯めし防ぼう噎むせ／吃ども饭防噎むせ
• 含飯／含饭
• 啗飯／啗饭
• 嗄しゃがれ飯めし／嗄しゃがれ饭
• 噴飯ふんぱん／喷饭 (pēnfàn)
• 噇飯／噇饭
• 圓えん飯めし／圆饭
• 埋うめ鍋なべ造づくり飯めし／埋うめ锅造饭 (mái guō zàofàn)
• 塵ちり飯めし塗ぬり羹あつもの／尘饭涂羹
• 夜よる飯めし／夜よる饭 (yèfàn)
• 大鍋おおなべ飯めし／大だい锅饭 (dàguōfàn)
• 大だい飯店はんてん／大だい饭店
• 夾生飯めし／夹生饭 (jiāshengfàn)
• 完かん飯めし／完かん饭
• 客きゃく飯めし／客きゃく饭
• 家いえ常つね便びん飯めし／家いえ常つね便びん饭 (jiāchángbiànfàn)
• 家常茶飯かじょうさはん／家いえ常つね茶ちゃ饭
• 家いえ常つね飯めし／家いえ常つね饭 (jiāchángfàn)
• 小しょう菜飯なめし／小しょう菜さい饭
• 工こう本ほん飯米はんまい／工こう本ほん饭米
• 年とし夜よる飯めし／年とし夜よる饭 (niányèfàn)
• 年とし飯めし／年とし饭 (niánfàn)
• 弄ろう飯めし／弄ろう饭
• 強飯こわいい為ため嘉よしみ／强つよ饭为嘉よしみ
• 房ぼう飯めし錢ぜに／房ぼう饭钱
• 扁ひらた擔飯／扁ひらた担饭
• 打だ火ひ造づくり飯めし／打だ火ひ造づくり饭
• 打破だは飯めし碗わん／打破だは饭碗
• 扒飯／扒饭 (páfàn)
• 打だ飯めし／打だ饭 (dǎfàn)
• 打だ齋とき飯めし／打だ斋饭
• 把わ飯めし叫さけべ饑ひだる／把わ饭叫饥
• 找飯碗わん／找饭碗わん
• 搭飯／搭饭
• 搶飯碗わん／抢饭碗わん (qiǎngfànwǎn)
• 摶沙作さく飯めし／抟沙作さく饭
• 摶飯／抟饭
• 撩水飯めし／撩水饭
• 擺飯／摆饭
• 攤飯／摊饭
• 放ひ飯めし流りゅう歠／放ひ饭流歠
• 整せい飯めし／整せい饭
• 方便ほうべん米飯べいはん／方便ほうべん米まい饭
• 早さ飯めし／早さ饭 (zǎofàn)
• 晌飯／晌饭 (shǎngfàn)
• 晨炊星ぼし飯めし／晨炊星ぼし饭
• 晚ばん飯めし／晚ばん饭 (wǎnfàn)
• 會かい飯めし／会かい饭
• 朝飯あさめし／朝あさ饭 (zhāofàn)
• 木き桶おけ飯めし／木き桶おけ饭 (mùtǒngfàn)
• 歕飯／𬅫饭
• 殘ざん湯ゆ剩あま飯めし／残ざん汤剩饭
• 殘ざん羹あつもの冷飯ひやめし／残ざん羹あつもの冷ひや饭
• 殘ざん羹あつもの剩あま飯めし／残ざん羹あつもの剩あま饭 (cángēngshèngfàn)
• 殘ざん茶ちゃ剩あま飯めし／残ざん茶ちゃ剩あま饭
• 每まい飯めし不ふ忘／每まい饭不忘
• 水みず飯めし／水みず饭
• 沒ぼつ頓ひたぶる飯めし時じ／没ぼつ顿饭时
• 油あぶら飯めし／油あぶら饭 (yóufàn)
• 泡あわ飯めし／泡あわ饭 (pàofàn)
• 泥どろ飯めし碗わん／泥どろ饭碗
• 派は飯めし／派は饭
• 混こん一いち口くち飯めし／混こん一いち口くち饭
• 清きよし茶ちゃ淡あわ飯めし／清きよし茶ちゃ淡あわ饭
• 淡あわ飯めし／淡あわ饭
• 混こん飯めし吃ども／混こん饭吃 (hùnfànchī)
• 淡あわ飯めし清きよし茶ちゃ／淡あわ饭清茶ちゃ
• 淨きよし飯めし王おう／净饭王おう (Jìngfàn Wáng)
• 湯ゆ飯めし／汤饭
• 漂母進しん飯めし／漂母进饭
• 滷肉飯めし／卤肉饭 (lǔròufàn)
• 潑賸飯めし／泼剩饭
• 炒い冷飯ひやめし／炒い冷ひや饭 (chǎo lěngfàn)
• 炊沙成なり飯めし／炊沙成なり饭
• 炊砂作さく飯めし／炊砂作さく饭
• 煮に飯めし／煮に饭 (zhǔfàn)
• 煲飯／煲饭
• 蒸ふけ沙すな成なり飯めし／蒸ふけ沙すな成なり饭
• 燒飯やきめし／烧饭 (shāofàn)
• 燴飯／烩饭
• 爛ただれ飯めし／烂饭 (lànfàn)
• 爺じい羹あつもの娘むすめ飯めし／爷羹娘むすめ饭
• 爺じい飯めし娘むすめ羹あつもの／爷饭娘むすめ羹あつもの
• 版はん築ちく飯めし牛うし／版はん筑饭牛うし
• 牢ろう飯めし／牢ろう饭 (láofàn)
• 現げん成なり飯めし／现成饭
• 瓷飯碗わん／瓷饭碗わん
• 用よう飯めし／用よう饭 (yòngfàn)
• 甯戚飯めし牛うし／甯戚饭牛
• 留とめ飯めし／留とめ饭
• 白しろ米飯べいはん／白米はくまい饭
• 白しろ飯めし／白しろ饭 (báifàn)
• 白しろ飯めし王おう／白しろ饭王
• 白しろ飯めし青あお芻／白しろ饭青刍
• 盛もり飯めし／盛もり饭 (chéngfàn)
• 看み天てん吃ども飯めし／看み天てん吃ども饭 (kàntiānchīfàn)
• 砸飯碗わん／砸饭碗わん (záfànwǎn)
• 禮れい先さき壹いち飯めし／礼れい先さき壹いち饭
• 稀まれ飯めし／稀まれ饭 (xīfàn)
• 竹筒たけづつ飯めし／竹筒たけづつ饭 (zhútǒngfàn)
• 米飯べいはん／米べい饭 (mǐfàn)
• 粗茶そちゃ淡あわ飯めし／粗茶そちゃ淡あわ饭 (cūchádànfàn)
• 粗衣そい淡あわ飯めし／粗衣そい淡あわ饭
• 粗飯そはん／粗そ饭
• 粢しとぎ飯めし／粢しとぎ饭 (cífàn)
• 粟あわ飯めし／粟あわ饭 (sùfàn)
• 粥かゆ飯めし僧そう／粥かゆ饭僧
• 粢しとぎ飯めし糕／粢しとぎ饭糕 (cīfàngāo)
• 粢しとぎ飯めし糰／粢しとぎ饭团 (cífàntuán)
• 糝飯／糁饭
• 素す飯めし／素す饭
• 紙かみ飯めし碗わん／纸饭碗わん
• 綠豆りょくとう稀まれ飯めし／绿豆稀まれ饭
• 羹あつもの飯めし／羹あつもの饭
• 老ろう米飯べいはん／老ろう米べい饭
• 自在じざい飯めし／自在じざい饭
• 茶ちゃ思おもえ飯めし想そう／茶ちゃ思おもえ饭想
• 茶ちゃ遲おそ飯めし晏／茶ちゃ迟饭晏
• 茶飯ちゃめし／茶ちゃ饭 (cháfàn)
• 茶飯ちゃめし不ふ思おもえ／茶ちゃ饭不思おもえ
• 茶飯ちゃめし無心むしん／茶ちゃ饭无心こころ
• 茶ちゃ餘あまり飯めし後ご／茶ちゃ余あまり饭后 (cháyúfànhòu)
• 茶ちゃ餘あまり飯めし飽／茶ちゃ余あまり饭饱
• 蓋ぶた飯めし／盖饭 (gàifàn)
• 行くだり飯めし／行くだり饭
• 衣ころも架か飯めし囊／衣ころも架か饭囊
• 襯飯／衬饭
• 要よう飯めし／要よう饭 (yàofàn)
• 要よう飯めし的てき／要よう饭的 (yàofànde)
• 討飯／讨饭 (tǎofàn)
• 豆腐とうふ飯めし／豆腐とうふ饭
• 賞しょう口こう飯めし吃ども／赏口饭吃
• 趕飯擔／赶饭担 (gǎnfàndàn)
• 過か飯めし／过饭
• 酒さけ囊飯袋ぶくろ／酒さけ囊饭袋ぶくろ
• 酒さけ瓮飯囊
• 酒さけ足あし飯めし飽／酒さけ足あし饭饱
• 酒さけ醉よい飯めし飽／酒さけ醉よい饭饱
• 酒さけ飯めし／酒さけ饭 (jiǔfàn)
• 配はい飯めし／配はい饭 (phòe-pn̄g)
• 金きむ飯めし碗わん／金きむ饭碗
• 鐺底焦こげ飯めし／铛底焦こげ饭
• 鐵てつ飯めし碗わん／铁饭碗わん (tiěfànwǎn)
• 長ちょう休きゅう飯めし／长休饭
• 長期ちょうき飯めし票ひょう／长期饭票
• 開ひらき飯めし／开饭 (kāifàn)
• 隨ずい茶ちゃ隨ずい飯めし／随ずい茶ちゃ随ずい饭
• 離はなれ娘むすめ飯めし／离娘饭
• 電でん飯めし鍋なべ／电饭锅 (diànfànguō)
• 食しょく飯めし／食しょく饭 (sik6 faan6)
• 飯めし來らい張ちょう口くち，衣ころも來らい伸しん手しゅ／饭来张口，衣ころも来らい伸しん手しゅ
• 飯めし來らい開口かいこう／饭来开口
• 飯前いいさき酒しゅ／饭前酒しゅ
• 飯めし勺しゃく／饭勺 (fànsháo)
• 飯めし匙さじ倩／饭匙倩
• 飯めし單たん／饭单 (fàndān)
• 飯めし囊／饭囊
• 飯めし囊衣架か／饭囊衣ころも架か
• 飯めし囊酒瓮
• 飯めし囊酒甕さかがめ／饭囊酒しゅ瓮
• 飯めし坑あな酒しゅ囊／饭坑酒しゅ囊
• 飯めし坩／饭坩 (pn̄g-khaⁿ) (Min Nan)
• 飯めし堂どう／饭堂 (fàntáng)
• 飯めし局きょく／饭局 (fànjú)
• 飯店はんてん／饭店 (fàndiàn)
• 飯店はんてん兒じ／饭店儿
• 飯店はんてん回かい蔥／饭店回かい葱ねぎ
• 飯めし座ざ兒じ／饭座儿
• 飯めし廳ちょう／饭厅 (fàntīng)
• 飯めし後ご鐘かね／饭后钟
• 飯めし攤／饭摊
• 飯めし攤兒／饭摊儿
• 飯めし時じ／饭时
• 飯めし桌／饭桌 (fànzhuō)
• 飯めし桌兒／饭桌儿
• 飯めし桶おけ／饭桶 (fàntǒng)
• 飯盒はんごう／饭盒 (fànhé)
• 飯盒はんごう兒じ／饭盒儿
• 飯めし碗わん／饭碗 (fànwǎn)
• 飯めし磬かおる／饭磬
• 飯めし票ひょう／饭票 (fànpiào)
• 飯めし票ひょう兒じ／饭票儿
• 飯めし筒とう／饭筒
• 飯めし籮／饭箩
• 飯めし粘ねば／饭粘
• 飯粒めしつぶ／饭粒 (fànlì)
• 飯粒めしつぶ兒じ／饭粒儿
• 飯めし糗如草そう／饭糗如草
• 飯めし糗茹草そう／饭糗茹草
• 飯めし糝／饭糁
• 飯めし糰／饭团 (fàntuán)
• 飯めし腥なまぐさ／饭腥
• 飯めし莊そう／饭庄 (fànzhuāng)
• 飯めし菜さい／饭菜 (fàncài)
• 飯めし蔬飲水すい／饭蔬饮水
• 飯めし袋ぶくろ／饭袋
• 飯めし轍わだち／饭辙
• 飯めし量りょう／饭量 (fànliàng)
• 飯めし鋪しき／饭铺 (fànpù)
• 飯めし鋪しき兒じ／饭铺儿
• 飯めし錢ぜに／饭钱
• 飯めし鍋なべ／饭锅 (fànguō)
• 飯めし鏟／饭铲
• 飯めし門もん／饭门
• 飯めし門もん兒じ／饭门儿
• 飯めし頭あたま／饭头
• 飯めし食しょく／饭食 (fànshí)
• 飯めし食しょく兒じ／饭食儿
• 飯めし飽丟箸ばし／饭饱丢箸
• 飯めし飽弄箸ばし／饭饱弄ろう箸ばし
• 飯館いいだて／饭馆 (fànguǎn)
• 飯館いいだて兒じ／饭馆儿 (fànguǎnr)
• 鬼おに飯めし疙瘩／鬼おに饭疙瘩
• 魯肉飯めし／鲁肉饭 (lǔròufàn)
• 鹵肉飯めし／卤肉饭 (lǔròufàn)
• 鹽水えんすい飯めし／盐水饭
• 麥飯むぎめし／麦むぎ饭
• 齋とき飯めし／斋饭 (zhāifàn)

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English fan. Doublet of 粉こな絲いと／粉こな丝 (fěnsī).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fàn (fan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàn
    • Wade–Giles: fan⁴
    • Yale: fàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fann
    • Palladius: фань (fanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: faan⁶
    • Yale: faahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²²/

Definitions

飯めし

1. (neologism, slang) fans

Synonyms

• fan屎 (neologism, slang, humorous, derogatory)
• 愛好あいこう家か／爱好家か (àihàojiā)
• 愛好あいこう者しゃ／爱好者しゃ (àihàozhě)
• 業ごう餘あまり者しゃ／业余者しゃ (yèyúzhě)
• 番ばん薯いも (fānshǔ)
• 發はつ燒しょう友とも／发烧友とも (fāshāoyǒu)
• 粉こな絲いと／粉こな丝 (fěnsī) (informal)
• 迷 (mí) (used as a suffix)

 

Compounds

• 唯ただ飯めし／唯ただ饭 (wéifàn)
• 團だん飯めし／团饭 (tuánfàn)
• 私わたし生なま飯めし／私わたし生なま饭 (sīshēngfàn)
• 飯めし圈けん／饭圈 (fànquān)

 

References

• “飯めし”, in 漢語かんご多功たこう能のう字じ庫こ (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港ほんこん中ちゅう文ぶん大學だいがく (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “Entry #9249”, in 臺灣たいわん閩南語ご常用じょうよう詞し辭典じてん [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Shinjitai	飯めし
Kyūjitai	飯めし 飯 or 飯めし+︀?
	飯めし󠄀 飯めし+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
	飯めし󠄄 飯めし+󠄄? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

飯めし

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 飯めし)

1. cooked grains (rice, etc.)
2. meal

Readings

• Go-on: ぼん (bon, 飯めし)
• Kan-on: はん (han, 飯めし)
• Kun: いい (ii, 飯めし)^{←いひ (ifi, 飯めし, historical)}; くらう (kurau, 飯めしらう)^{←くらふ (kurafu, 飯めしらふ, historical)}; くらわす (kurawasu, 飯めしらわす)^{←くらはす (kurafasu, 飯めしらはす, historical)}; まま (mama, 飯めし); まんま (manma, 飯めし); めし (meshi, 飯めし, Jōyō)
• Nanori: いい (ii, 飯めし)

Compounds

Compounds

• 飯台はんだい(はんだい) (handai)
• 飯店はんてん(はんてん) (hanten)
• 飯場いいば(はんば) (hanba)
• 飯粒めしつぶ(はんりゅう) (hanryū)
• 一いち飯めし(いっぱん) (ippan)
• 朝飯あさめし(あさはん) (asahan)
• 椀わん飯めし(おうばん), 埦飯(おうばん), 垸飯(おうばん) (ōban)
• ご飯めし(はん) (gohan), 御飯ごはん(ごはん) (gohan)
• 残飯ざんぱん(ざんぱん) (zanpan)
• 浄きよし飯めし王おう(じょうぼんのう) (Jōbonnō)
• 炊飯すいはん(すいはん) (suihan)
• 赤飯せきはん(せきはん) (sekihan)
• 粗飯そはん(そはん), 麁飯(そはん) (sohan)
• 中ちゅう飯めし(ちゅうはん), 昼飯ひるめし(ちゅうはん) (chūhan)
• 麦飯むぎめし(ばくはん) (bakuhan)
• 噴飯ふんぱん(ふんぱん) (funpan)
• 芳よし飯めし(ほうはん), 苞つと飯めし(ほうはん) (hōhan)
• 米飯べいはん(べいはん) (beihan)
• 夕飯ゆうはん(ゆうはん) (yūhan)
• 三さん飯めし(さば), 散ち飯めし(さば), 生なま飯めし(さば) (saba)
• 炒い(チャー)飯めし(ハン) (chāhan)
• 飯めし匙さじ倩(ハブ) (habu)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
飯めし
はん Grade: 4
kan'on

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hã̠ɴ]

Noun

飯めし(はん) • (han) 

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Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
飯めし
いい Grade: 4
kun'yomi

⟨ipi₁⟩ → */ipʲi/ → /ifi/ → /iwi/ → /iː/

From Old Japanese, also used as 借か音おと (shakuon) kana for ⟨pi₁⟩.

Noun

飯めし(いい) • (ii) ^{←いひ (ifi)?}

1. (archaic) cooked grains, especially cooked rice

Derived terms

• See Japanese terms spelled with 飯めし read as いい

Proper noun

飯めし(いい) • (Ii) ^{←いひ (ifi)?}

1. a surname

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
飯めし
めし Grade: 4
kun'yomi

The 連用形れんようけい (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 召めす (mesu, “to call”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) めし [mèshíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [me̞ɕi]

Noun

飯めし(めし) • (meshi) 

1. cooked grains, especially cooked rice
2. (informal) a meal

   飯めし(めし)を食しょく(く)う

   meshi o kuu

   eat a meal

Usage notes

This is an informal way to refer to food, and 食くう (kuu) is a correspondingly informal way to say "eat".

Derived terms

• See Japanese terms spelled with 飯めし read as めし

Proper noun

飯めし(めし) • (Meshi) 

1. a surname

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
飯めし
まま Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Clipping of 旨むね旨むね (umauma, “food”, baby talk).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) まま [máꜜmà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ma̠ma̠]

Noun

飯めし(まま) • (mama) 

1. (Tsugaru) cooked rice
2. (childish) Alternative form of 飯めし (manma)

Derived terms

• 飯めし借かり (mamakari)
• 飯事ままごと (mamagoto)
• 飯めし子こ菜さい (mamakona)
• 飯めし焚たき (mamataki)

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
飯めし
まんま Grade: 4
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Compare Korean 맘마 (mamma).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) まんま [máꜜǹmà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mã̠mːa̠]

Noun

飯めし(まんま) or 飯めし(まま) • (manma or mama) 

1. (childish) cooked rice

Derived terms

• 赤飯せきはん (aka manma), 赤あかの飯まんま (aka no manma)
• 御飯ごはん (o-manma)
• 猫ねこ飯めし (neko manma)

Korean

Hanja

飯めし (eumhun 밥 반 (bap ban))

1. hanja form^? of 반 (“meal, rice”)

Compounds

• 飯めし饌 (반찬, banchan)
• 白しろ飯めし (백반, baekban)

Vietnamese

Han character

飯めし: Hán Nôm readings: phạn, phằn

1. rice