饷
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soldier's pay
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Dict coverage rank #3,400 U+9977
How 饷 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
饣 (semantic, “food”) + 向 (phonetic, xiàng)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 向
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 向 (xiàng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 向 sound component | xiàng | towards; direction, trend |
| 响 | xiǎng | to make noise, to make sound; sound |
| 晌 | shǎng | noon, midday; moment |
| 垧 | shǎng | unit of area |
Words containing 饷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吃空饷 | chī kòng xiǎng | to embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only |
| 关饷 | guān xiǎng | to receive one's salary; to pay sb's wages |
| 军饷 | jūn xiǎng | a soldier's pay and provisions |
| 兵饷 | bīng xiǎng | pay and provisions for soldiers |
| 饷银 | xiǎng yín | (old) pay; wages (esp. for soldiers) |
| 粮饷 | liáng xiǎng | army provisions |
| 薪饷 | xīn xiǎng | (old) (military and police) pay; wages; (Tw) salary |