# 饗

| 饗 | U+9957, &#39255; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9957 |
| ← 饖 [U+9956] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 饘 → [U+9958] |

## Translingual
### Han character

饗 (Kangxi radical 184, 食+13, 22 strokes, cangjie input 女中人戈女 (VLOIV), four-corner 2773$_2$, composition ⿱鄕食 or ⿱鄉食 or ⿱郷食)
* host banquet
* banquet

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1426, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44431
* Dae Jaweon: page 1952, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4471, character 14
* Unihan data for U+9957

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 饗 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 曏 | *qʰjaŋʔ, *qʰjaŋs, *qʰaŋʔ, *qʰaŋs |
| 鄉 | *qʰaŋ |
| 薌 | *qʰaŋ |
| 膷 | *qʰaŋ |
| 響 | *qʰaŋʔ |
| 饗 | *qʰaŋʔ |
| 蠁 | *qʰaŋʔ, *qʰaŋs |
| 嚮 | *qʰaŋʔ, *qʰaŋs |
| 卿 | *kʰraŋ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiǎng (xiang$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hióng / hiáng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siǎng
*** Wade–Giles: hsiang$^3$
*** Yale: syǎng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheang
*** Palladius: сян (sjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hoeng$^2$
*** Yale: héung
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hêng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hœːŋ³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hióng
*** Tâi-lô: hióng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hiorng
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiáng
*** Tâi-lô: hiáng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hiarng
*** IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei): /hiaŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiaŋ⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: xjangX
Rime :
| Character | 饗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 許兩切 |
| Baxter | xjangX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hɨɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hiɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xiɑŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hɨaŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /xiaŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /xĭaŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xi̯aŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiǎng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hoeng$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰaŋʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰaŋʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 饗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiǎng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ xjang$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰaŋʔ/ |
| English | feast |
| 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 | 饗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13600 |
| Phonetic component | 鄉 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 響 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰaŋʔ/ |
| Notes | 鄉轉註字 |

### Definitions

饗
* banquet feast
* to entertain with food and drink
    以饗讀者／以飨读者 ― yǐ xiǎng dúzhě ― for the readers' enjoyment

### Compounds

* 伏維尚饗 / 伏维尚飨
* 供饗 / 供飨
* 侑饗 / 侑飨
* 來饗 / 来飨
* 共饗 / 共飨
* 勞饗 / 劳飨
* 右饗 / 右飨
* 告饗 / 告飨
* 嘉饗 / 嘉飨
* 大饗 / 大飨
* 奠饗 / 奠飨
* 孝饗 / 孝飨
* 孟饗 / 孟飨
* 宴饗 / 宴飨
* 尚饗 / 尚飨 (shàngxiǎng)
* 幽饗 / 幽飨
* 彝饗
* 從饗 / 从飨
* 息饗 / 息飨
* 時饗 / 时飨
* 服饗 / 服飨
* 朝饗 / 朝飨
* 椎牛饗士 / 椎牛飨士
* 歆饗 / 歆飨
* 燕饗 / 燕飨
* 獻饗 / 献飨
* 示饗 / 示飨
* 祐饗 / 祐飨
* 祔饗 / 祔飨
* 祭饗 / 祭飨
* 祼饗 / 祼飨
* 福饗 / 福飨
* 禋饗 / 禋飨
* 禮饗 / 礼飨
* 索饗 / 索飨
* 臘饗 / 腊飨
* 臨饗 / 临飨
* 致饗 / 致飨
* 薦饗 / 荐飨
* 蜡饗
* 親饗 / 亲飨
* 覲饗 / 觐飨
* 設饗 / 设飨
* 讌饗 / 宴飨
* 賓饗 / 宾飨
* 贊饗 / 赞飨
* 追饗 / 追飨
* 進饗 / 进飨
* 遺饗 / 遗飨
* 郊饗 / 郊飨
* 配饗 / 配飨
* 野饗 / 野飨
* 銘饗 / 铭飨
* 食饗 / 食飨
* 飽饗老拳 / 饱飨老拳
* 饋饗 / 馈飨
* 饗勞 / 飨劳
* 饗告 / 飨告
* 饗國 / 飨国
* 饗報 / 飨报
* 饗士 / 飨士
* 饗奠 / 飨奠
* 饗孤 / 飨孤
* 饗宴 / 飨宴 (xiǎngyàn)
* 饗射 / 飨射
* 饗帝 / 飨帝
* 饗年 / 飨年
* 饗廟 / 飨庙
* 饗德 / 飨德
* 饗日 / 飨日
* 饗昭 / 飨昭
* 饗會 / 飨会
* 饗殿 / 飨殿
* 饗燕 / 飨燕
* 饗祀 / 飨祀
* 饗祚 / 飨祚
* 饗福 / 飨福
* 饗禘 / 飨禘
* 饗禮 / 飨礼
* 饗糖 / 飨糖
* 饗薦 / 飨荐
* 饗象 / 飨象
* 饗賀 / 飨贺
* 饗賚 / 飨赉
* 饗賜 / 飨赐
* 饗辭 / 飨辞
* 饗醴 / 飨醴
* 饗食 / 飨食
* 饗飲 / 飨饮
* 饗饋 / 飨馈
* 饕饗 / 饕飨

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* banquet

#### Readings

* Go-on: こう (kō)
* Kan-on: きょう (kyō)
* Kun: もてなす (motenasu, 饗す)、あえ (ae, 饗)、うける (ukeru, 饗ける)

## Korean
### Hanja

饗 (eum 향 (hyang))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

饗: Hán Nôm readings: hưởng
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