# 飯

| 飯 | U+98EF, &#39151; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-98EF |
| ← 飮 [U+98EE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 飰 → [U+98F0] |
| 飯 | U+FA2A, &#64042; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA2A |
| ← 﨩 [U+FA29] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 飼 → [U+FA2B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

飯 (Kangxi radical 184, 食+4, 13 strokes in Chinese, 12 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 人戈竹水 (OIHE), four-corner 8174$_7$, composition ⿰飠反(GHTJV) or ⿰𩙿反(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

* 飯 (Cantonese)
* 飯 (Gan)

### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 飯 :
| Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 扳 | *praːn, *pʰraːn |
| 板 | *praːnʔ |
| 版 | *praːnʔ |
| 瓪 | *praːnʔ, *paːnʔ |
| 昄 | *praːnʔ, *braːnʔ, *paːnʔ |
| 鈑 | *praːnʔ |
| 蝂 | *praːnʔ |
| 眅 | *pʰraːn, *pʰraːnʔ |
| 阪 | *braːnʔ, *panʔ |
| 魬 | *braːnʔ |
| 粄 | *paːnʔ |
| 反 | *panʔ, *pʰan |
| 返 | *panʔ |
| 坂 | *panʔ |
| 畈 | *pans |
| 販 | *pans |
| 汳 | *pʰans |
| 飯 | *bonʔ, *bons |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *bonʔ, *bons): semantic 食 (“food”) + phonetic 反 (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 (fan$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fan$^4$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фан (fan, III)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): faan$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): fan$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): fan$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fan
    (Hailu, HRS): pon$^˖$ / fan$^˖$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): fan$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): fan$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): būing
* Eastern Min (BUC): buông / huáng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pn̄g / pňg / pūiⁿ / hoān
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bung$^7$ / beng$^7$ / buin$^7$ / huêng$^6$ / huang$^6$ / huam$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ve
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): fan$^5$ / fan$^4$
    (Hengyang, Wiktionary): fan$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fàn
*** Wade–Giles: fan$^4$
*** Yale: fàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fann
*** Palladius: фань (fanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fän⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: fan$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fan
*** Sinological IPA : /fan²¹³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фан (fan, III)
*** Sinological IPA : /fæ̃⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: faan$^6$
*** Yale: faahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: faan$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fan$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /faːn²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: fan$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /fan³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: fan$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /fan¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fan
*** Hakka Romanization System: fan
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fan$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /fan⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: pon$^˖$ / fan$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰon³³/, /fan³³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fan$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /fan⁵³/
* Hailu:
** pon˖ - vernacular;
** fan˖ - literary.
* Middle Chinese: bjonH
Rime :
| Character | 飯 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 元 (66) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 符万切 |
| Baxter | bjonH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bʉɐn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bʷiɐn$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biuɐn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /buan$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /biuɐn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭwɐn$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi̯wɐn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | faan$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*bo[n]ʔ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*bons/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 飯 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | fàn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bjon$^H$ › |
| 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 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 2977 |
| Phonetic component | 反 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 飯 |
| Old Chinese | /*bons/ |

##### Definitions

飯
* any cooked grain (rice, millet, etc.)
    小米飯／小米饭 ― xiǎomǐ fàn ― cooked millet
* (particularly) cooked rice (Classifier: 碗 m c h mn)
    糯米飯／糯米饭 [Cantonese] ― no$^6$ mai$^5$ faan$^6$ [Jyutping] ― (cooked) sticky rice
       Nǐ yào chī fàn háishì chī miàn? [Pinyin]
       Do you want to eat rice or noodles?
* meal (Classifier: 頓／顿 m mn; 餐 m c)
    早飯／早饭 ― zǎofàn ― breakfast
* (dialectal) noodles
* (Mainland China Hokkien) egg clusters shaped like rice balls (of some animals)

###### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 飯 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 米飯, 飯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 米飯, 飯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 飯, 米飯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 米飯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 米飯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 米飯, 乾飯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 米飯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 米飯, 乾飯, 飯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 飯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 飯 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 乾飯, 大米乾飯, 米飯 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 乾飯, 米飯, 大米乾飯 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 乾飯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 大米飯, 大米乾飯, 米飯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 大米飯, 米飯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 米飯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 米飯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 大米飯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 米飯, 大米乾飯, 乾飯 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 乾飯, 稻米乾飯 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 乾飯 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 大米飯, 米飯 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 乾飯, 米飯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 乾飯, 飯, 𩛲𩛲 childish |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 乾飯, 飯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 飯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 米飯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 飯, 米飯 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 飯, 米飯, 乾飯 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 飯 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 米飯 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 乾飯, 飯 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 飯, 阿囡薯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 飯 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 飯 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 飯 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 飯 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 飯 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 飯 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 飯 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 飯 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 飯 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 飯 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 飯 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 飯 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 飯 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 飯 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 飯 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 飯 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 飯 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 飯 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 飯 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 飯 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 飯 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 大米飯 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 飯 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 飯 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 飯 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 飯 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 飯 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 飯 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 飯 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 飯 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 飯 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 飯 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 大米飯, 米飯 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 大米飯, 米飯 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 米飯 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 米飯 |
| Jin | Linhe | 米飯 |
| Jin | Jining | 白米飯 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 米飯 |
| Jin | Baotou | 白米飯 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 米飯 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 燜飯 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 飯 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 飯 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 白飯 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 早米飯 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 飯 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 飯 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 飯 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 飯 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 飯 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 飯 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 飯 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 飯 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 飯 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 飯 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 飯, 糜 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 飯 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 飯 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 飯 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 飯 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 飯 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 飯 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 飯 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 飯 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 飯 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 飯 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 飯 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 飯 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 飯 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 飯 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 飯 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 飯 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 飯 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 飯, 糜 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 飯, 糜 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 飯, 糜 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 飯 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 暝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 暝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 飯 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 米暝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 暝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 暝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 暝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 飯 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 飯, 米飯, 大米飯 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 米飯 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 焦飯 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 飯 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 飯 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 飯 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 飯 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 飯 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 飯 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 飯 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 飯 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 焦飯 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 飯 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 飯, 白米飯 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 米飯, 飯 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 飯 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 飯 |
| Wu | Danyang | 飯 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 飯 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 飯 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 飯, 白米飯, 米飯, 燥飯 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 飯 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 飯 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 飯 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 飯 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 飯 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 麵條, 麵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 麵條兒, 麵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 麵條, 麵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 麵條兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 麵條兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 麵條兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 麵條兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 麵條兒, 麵條子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 麵條兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 麵條兒, 麵條子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 麵條兒, 麵條子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 麵條子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 麵條 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 麵條兒, 麵條子, 麵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 麵條兒, 麵條子, 麵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 麵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 麵 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 麵條兒, 麵 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 麵條兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 麵條兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 麵條兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 麵條兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 麵條兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 麵條兒, 麵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 麵條兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 麵條兒, 麵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 麵條兒, 麵條子, 麵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 麵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 麵條兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 麵條兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 麵條兒, 麵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 麵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 麵條兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 飯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 旗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 麵條兒, 麵條子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 麵條兒, 麵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 麵條兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 麵條兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 麵條兒, 麵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 麵條兒, 麵條子, 麵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 麵條兒, 麵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 麵條 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 麵條兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 麵條兒, 麵條子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 麵條子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 麵, 飯 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 麵條子, 麵 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 麵條子, 麵條兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 麵條子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 麵條子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 麵條子, 麵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 麵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 麵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 麵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 麵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 麵條 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 麵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 麵, 水麵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 麵, 麵條 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 麵條 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 麵條兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 麵條, 麵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 麵條, 麵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 麵條, 麵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 麵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 麵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 麵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 麵條 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 麵條 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 麵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 麵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 麵條, 麵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 麵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 麵條 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 麵條, 機麵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 麵, 麵條 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 麵, 麵條 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 麵條, 麵條子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 麵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 麵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 麵條, 麵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 麵條, 麵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 麵條, 麵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 麵條, 麵 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 麵條 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 麵條 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 麵條 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 麵條 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 麵, 麵條 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 麵條 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 麵條 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 麵條 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 麵, 麵條 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 麵條 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 麵條 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 麵條 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 麵條 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 麵條 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 麵條 |
| Cantonese | Yangon (Taishan) | 麵 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 麵 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 麵 |
| Gan | Pengze | 麵 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 麵 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 麵 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 麵, 麵條 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 麵 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 麵條 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 麵 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 麵條 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 麵 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 麵 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 麵 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 麵 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 麵 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 麵條, 麵 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 麵條 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 麵條 |
| Hakka | Nanjing (Meilin) | 麵 |
| Hakka | Nanjing (Tianluokeng, Shuyang) | 麵 |
| Hakka | Changting | 切麵 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 麵 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 麵, 麵條 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) | 麵條 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) | 麵條 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Zhongshan) | 麵 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 麵 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Juxi) | 麵 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Zhongbao) | 麵 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Laiyuan) | 麵 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 麵 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 麵 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 麵 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 麵 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 麵 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 麵 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 麵 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 麵 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 麵 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 大麵, 麵 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 麵 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 麵 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 大麵 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 麵條 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 麵條 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 麵 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 麵 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 麵條 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 麵 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 麵 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 麵條子, 麵條, 麵 |
| Jin | Taiyuan (Jiancaoping) | 麵條, 切條子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan (Jinyuan) | 秸秸 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 擀麵 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 麵條兒, 麵條子, 麵 |
| Jin | Datong | 麵條兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 麵條子, 條條子麵, 條子麵, 麵 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 麵條兒, 好麵旗旗 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 麵條子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 麵條兒, 麵條子 |
| Jin | Jining | 麵條兒 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 麵條兒 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 麵條子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 麵條兒, 麵條子, 麵 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 麵條兒 |
| Jin | Handan | 麵條兒, 麵條子 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 麵條兒 |
| Jin | Suide | 麵 |
| Jin | Shenmu | 麵條兒, 麵條子, 麵 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 麵 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 切麵 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 麵 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 麵 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 麵, 麵條 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 麵 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 大麵, 麵 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 麵 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 麵奇 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 麵 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 麵 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 麵 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 大麵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 麵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 麵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 麵 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 麵 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 麵 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 麵 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 麵 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 麵 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen (Jinsha) | 麵條 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 麵 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 麵 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 麵 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 麵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 麵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 麵 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 水麵 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 麵 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 麵 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 麵 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 麵, 麵條 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 麵 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 麵, 麵條 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 拍麵 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 拍麵 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 拍麵 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 麵 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 麵 |
| Shaojiang Min | Jiangle | 麵 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 麵 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 麵 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 麵 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 麵, 麵條 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 麵 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 麵, 麵條, 摜鼻頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 麵 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 麵 |
| Wu | Danyang | 麵 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 麵 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 麵 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 麵 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 麵 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 麵 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 麵 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 麵條 |

#### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fàn (fan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): faan$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fàn
*** Wade–Giles: fan$^4$
*** Yale: fàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fann
*** Palladius: фань (fanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fän⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: faan$^6$
*** Yale: faahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: faan$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fan$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /faːn²²/
* Middle Chinese: bjonX
Rime :
| Character | 飯 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 元 (66) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 扶晚切 |
| Baxter | bjonX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bʉɐn$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bʷiɐn$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biuɐn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /buan$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /biuɐn$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭwɐn$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi̯wɐn$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | faan$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*bo[n]ʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*bonʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 飯 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | fàn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bjon$^X$ › |
| 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 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 2976 |
| Phonetic component | 反 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 飯 |
| Old Chinese | /*bonʔ/ |

##### Definitions

飯
* (obsolete) to eat
    From: Mencius, c. 4th 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.
* (obsolete) to give food to; to let someone eat; to feed
    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

* 一口飯 / 一口饭
* 一飯之恩 / 一饭之恩
* 一飯千金 / 一饭千金
* 三茶六飯 / 三茶六饭
* 下飯 / 下饭 (xiàfàn)
* 下飯菜兒 / 下饭菜儿
* 下馬飯 / 下马饭
* 不茶不飯 / 不茶不饭
* 丟飯碗 / 丢饭碗 (diū fànwǎn)
* 中飯 / 中饭 (zhōngfàn)
* 乞食飯牛 / 乞食饭牛
* 乾飯 / 干饭 (gānfàn)
* 代飯 / 代饭
* 份兒飯 / 份儿饭 (fènrfàn)
* 便飯 / 便饭 (biànfàn)
* 倒頭飯 / 倒头饭
* 做飯 / 做饭 (zuòfàn)
* 八寶飯 / 八宝饭 (bābǎofàn)
* 公事飯 / 公事饭
* 冷飯 / 冷饭 (lěngfàn)
* 出飯 / 出饭 (chūfàn)
* 剩飯 / 剩饭 (shèngfàn)
* 包飯 / 包饭 (bāofàn)
* 午飯 / 午饭 (wǔfàn)
* 卯飯 / 卯饭
* 吃偏飯 / 吃偏饭 (chī piānfàn)
* 吃大鍋飯 / 吃大锅饭 (chī dàguōfàn)
* 吃太平飯 / 吃太平饭
* 吃子孫飯 / 吃子孙饭
* 吃死飯 / 吃死饭
* 吃派飯 / 吃派饭 (chī pàifàn)
* 吃洋飯 / 吃洋饭
* 吃現成飯 / 吃现成饭 (chī xiànchéngfàn)
* 吃白飯 / 吃白饭 (chī báifàn)
* 吃自在飯 / 吃自在饭
* 吃葷飯 / 吃荤饭
* 吃衙門飯 / 吃衙门饭
* 各衣另飯 / 各衣另饭
* 吃開口飯 / 吃开口饭
* 吃飯 / 吃饭 (chīfàn)
* 吃飯傢伙 / 吃饭家伙
* 吃飯家伙
* 吐飯成蜂 / 吐饭成蜂
* 吃飯防噎 / 吃饭防噎
* 含飯 / 含饭
* 啗飯 / 啗饭
* 嗄飯 / 嗄饭
* 噴飯 / 喷饭 (pēnfàn)
* 噇飯 / 噇饭
* 圓飯 / 圆饭
* 埋鍋造飯 / 埋锅造饭 (mái guō zàofàn)
* 塵飯塗羹 / 尘饭涂羹
* 夜飯 / 夜饭 (yèfàn)
* 大鍋飯 / 大锅饭 (dàguōfàn)
* 大飯店 / 大饭店
* 夾生飯 / 夹生饭 (jiāshengfàn)
* 完飯 / 完饭
* 客飯 / 客饭
* 家常便飯 / 家常便饭 (jiāchángbiànfàn)
* 家常茶飯 / 家常茶饭
* 家常飯 / 家常饭 (jiāchángfàn)
* 小菜飯 / 小菜饭
* 工本飯米 / 工本饭米
* 年夜飯 / 年夜饭 (niányèfàn)
* 年飯 / 年饭 (niánfàn)
* 弄飯 / 弄饭
* 強飯為嘉 / 强饭为嘉
* 房飯錢 / 房饭钱
* 扁擔飯 / 扁担饭
* 打火造飯 / 打火造饭
* 打破飯碗 / 打破饭碗
* 扒飯 / 扒饭 (páfàn)
* 打飯 / 打饭 (dǎfàn)
* 打齋飯 / 打斋饭
* 把飯叫饑 / 把饭叫饥
* 找飯碗 / 找饭碗
* 搭飯 / 搭饭
* 搶飯碗 / 抢饭碗 (qiǎngfànwǎn)
* 摶沙作飯 / 抟沙作饭
* 摶飯 / 抟饭
* 撩水飯 / 撩水饭
* 擺飯 / 摆饭
* 攤飯 / 摊饭
* 放飯流歠 / 放饭流歠
* 整飯 / 整饭
* 方便米飯 / 方便米饭
* 早飯 / 早饭 (zǎofàn)
* 晌飯 / 晌饭 (shǎngfàn)
* 晨炊星飯 / 晨炊星饭
* 晚飯 / 晚饭 (wǎnfàn)
* 會飯 / 会饭
* 朝飯 / 朝饭 (zhāofàn)
* 木桶飯 / 木桶饭 (mùtǒngfàn)
* 歕飯 / 𬅫饭
* 殘湯剩飯 / 残汤剩饭
* 殘羹冷飯 / 残羹冷饭
* 殘羹剩飯 / 残羹剩饭 (cángēngshèngfàn)
* 殘茶剩飯 / 残茶剩饭 (cáncháshèngfàn)
* 每飯不忘 / 每饭不忘
* 水飯 / 水饭
* 沒頓飯時 / 没顿饭时
* 油飯 / 油饭 (yóufàn)
* 泡飯 / 泡饭 (pàofàn)
* 泥飯碗 / 泥饭碗
* 派飯 / 派饭 (pàifàn)
* 混一口飯 / 混一口饭
* 清茶淡飯 / 清茶淡饭
* 淡飯 / 淡饭
* 混飯吃 / 混饭吃 (hùnfànchī)
* 淡飯清茶 / 淡饭清茶
* 淨飯王 / 净饭王 (Jìngfàn Wáng)
* 湯飯 / 汤饭
* 漂母進飯 / 漂母进饭
* 滷肉飯 / 卤肉饭 (lǔròufàn)
* 潑賸飯 / 泼剩饭
* 炒冷飯 / 炒冷饭 (chǎo lěngfàn)
* 炊沙成飯 / 炊沙成饭
* 炊砂作飯 / 炊砂作饭
* 煮飯 / 煮饭 (zhǔfàn)
* 煲飯 / 煲饭
* 蒸沙成飯 / 蒸沙成饭
* 燒飯 / 烧饭 (shāofàn)
* 燴飯 / 烩饭
* 爛飯 / 烂饭 (lànfàn)
* 爺羹娘飯 / 爷羹娘饭
* 爺飯娘羹 / 爷饭娘羹
* 版築飯牛 / 版筑饭牛
* 牢飯 / 牢饭 (láofàn)
* 現成飯 / 现成饭 (xiànchéngfàn)
* 瓷飯碗 / 瓷饭碗
* 用飯 / 用饭 (yòngfàn)
* 甯戚飯牛 / 甯戚饭牛
* 留飯 / 留饭
* 白米飯 / 白米饭 (báimǐfàn)
* 白飯 / 白饭 (báifàn)
* 白飯王 / 白饭王
* 白飯青芻 / 白饭青刍
* 盛飯 / 盛饭 (chéngfàn)
* 看天吃飯 / 看天吃饭 (kàntiānchīfàn)
* 砸飯碗 / 砸饭碗 (záfànwǎn)
* 禮先壹飯 / 礼先壹饭
* 稀飯 / 稀饭 (xīfàn)
* 竹筒飯 / 竹筒饭 (zhútǒngfàn)
* 米飯 / 米饭 (mǐfàn)
* 粗茶淡飯 / 粗茶淡饭 (cūchádànfàn)
* 粗衣淡飯 / 粗衣淡饭
* 粗飯 / 粗饭
* 粢飯 / 粢饭 (cífàn)
* 粟飯 / 粟饭 (sùfàn)
* 粥飯僧 / 粥饭僧
* 粢飯糕 / 粢饭糕 (cīfàngāo)
* 粢飯糰 / 粢饭团 (cífàntuán)
* 糝飯 / 糁饭
* 素飯 / 素饭
* 紙飯碗 / 纸饭碗
* 綠豆稀飯 / 绿豆稀饭
* 羹飯 / 羹饭
* 老米飯 / 老米饭
* 自在飯 / 自在饭
* 茶思飯想 / 茶思饭想
* 茶遲飯晏 / 茶迟饭晏
* 茶飯 / 茶饭 (cháfàn)
* 茶飯不思 / 茶饭不思
* 茶飯無心 / 茶饭无心
* 茶餘飯後 / 茶余饭后 (cháyúfànhòu)
* 茶餘飯飽 / 茶余饭饱
* 蓋飯 / 盖饭 (gàifàn)
* 行飯 / 行饭
* 衣架飯囊 / 衣架饭囊
* 襯飯 / 衬饭
* 要飯 / 要饭 (yàofàn)
* 要飯的 / 要饭的 (yàofànde)
* 討飯 / 讨饭 (tǎofàn)
* 豆腐飯 / 豆腐饭 (dòufufàn)
* 賞口飯吃 / 赏口饭吃
* 趕飯擔 / 赶饭担 (gǎnfàndàn)
* 過飯 / 过饭
* 酒囊飯袋 / 酒囊饭袋
* 酒瓮飯囊
* 酒足飯飽 / 酒足饭饱
* 酒醉飯飽 / 酒醉饭饱
* 酒飯 / 酒饭 (jiǔfàn)
* 配飯 / 配饭 (phòe-pn̄g)
* 金飯碗 / 金饭碗
* 鐺底焦飯 / 铛底焦饭
* 鐵飯碗 / 铁饭碗 (tiěfànwǎn)
* 長休飯 / 长休饭
* 長期飯票 / 长期饭票
* 開飯 / 开饭 (kāifàn)
* 隨茶隨飯 / 随茶随饭
* 離娘飯 / 离娘饭
* 電飯鍋 / 电饭锅 (diànfànguō)
* 食飯 / 食饭 (sik6 faan6)
* 飯來張口，衣來伸手 / 饭来张口，衣来伸手
* 飯來開口 / 饭来开口
* 飯前酒 / 饭前酒
* 飯勺 / 饭勺 (fànsháo)
* 飯匙倩 / 饭匙倩
* 飯單 / 饭单 (fàndān)
* 飯囊 / 饭囊
* 飯囊衣架 / 饭囊衣架
* 飯囊酒瓮
* 飯囊酒甕 / 饭囊酒瓮
* 飯坑酒囊 / 饭坑酒囊
* 飯坩 / 饭坩 (pn̄g-khaⁿ) (Min Nan)
* 飯堂 / 饭堂 (fàntáng)
* 飯局 / 饭局 (fànjú)
* 飯店 / 饭店 (fàndiàn)
* 飯店兒 / 饭店儿
* 飯店回蔥 / 饭店回葱
* 飯座兒 / 饭座儿
* 飯廳 / 饭厅 (fàntīng)
* 飯後鐘 / 饭后钟
* 飯攤 / 饭摊
* 飯攤兒 / 饭摊儿
* 飯時 / 饭时
* 飯桌 / 饭桌 (fànzhuō)
* 飯桌兒 / 饭桌儿
* 飯桶 / 饭桶 (fàntǒng)
* 飯盒 / 饭盒 (fànhé)
* 飯盒兒 / 饭盒儿
* 飯碗 / 饭碗 (fànwǎn)
* 飯磬 / 饭磬
* 飯票 / 饭票 (fànpiào)
* 飯票兒 / 饭票儿
* 飯筒 / 饭筒
* 飯籮 / 饭箩
* 飯粘 / 饭粘
* 飯粒 / 饭粒 (fànlì)
* 飯粒兒 / 饭粒儿
* 飯糗如草 / 饭糗如草
* 飯糗茹草 / 饭糗茹草
* 飯糝 / 饭糁
* 飯糰 / 饭团 (fàntuán)
* 飯腥 / 饭腥
* 飯莊 / 饭庄 (fànzhuāng)
* 飯菜 / 饭菜 (fàncài)
* 飯蔬飲水 / 饭蔬饮水
* 飯袋 / 饭袋
* 飯轍 / 饭辙
* 飯量 / 饭量 (fànliàng)
* 飯鋪 / 饭铺 (fànpù)
* 飯鋪兒 / 饭铺儿
* 飯錢 / 饭钱
* 飯鍋 / 饭锅 (fànguō)
* 飯鏟 / 饭铲
* 飯門 / 饭门
* 飯門兒 / 饭门儿
* 飯頭 / 饭头
* 飯食 / 饭食 (fànshí)
* 飯食兒 / 饭食儿
* 飯飽丟箸 / 饭饱丢箸
* 飯飽弄箸 / 饭饱弄箸
* 飯館 / 饭馆 (fànguǎn)
* 飯館兒 / 饭馆儿 (fànguǎnr)
* 鬼飯疙瘩 / 鬼饭疙瘩
* 魯肉飯 / 鲁肉饭 (lǔròufàn)
* 鹵肉飯 / 卤肉饭 (lǔròufàn)
* 鹽水飯 / 盐水饭
* 麥飯 / 麦饭
* 齋飯 / 斋饭 (zhāifàn)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English fan. Doublet of 粉絲／粉丝 (fěnsī).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fàn (fan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): faan$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fàn
*** Wade–Giles: fan$^4$
*** Yale: fàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fann
*** Palladius: фань (fanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fän⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: faan$^6$
*** Yale: faahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: faan$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fan$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /faːn²²/

#### Definitions

飯
* (neologism, slang) fans

##### Synonyms

* fan屎 (neologism, slang, humorous, derogatory)
* 愛好家 / 爱好家 (àihàojiā)
* 愛好者 / 爱好者 (àihàozhě)
* 業餘者 / 业余者 (yèyúzhě)
* 番薯 (fānshǔ)
* 發燒友 / 发烧友 (fāshāoyǒu)
* 粉絲 / 粉丝 (fěnsī) (informal)
* 迷 (mí) (used as a suffix)

#### Compounds

* 唯飯 / 唯饭 (wéifàn)
* 團飯 / 团饭 (tuánfàn)
* 私生飯 / 私生饭 (sīshēngfàn)
* 飯圈 / 饭圈 (fànquān)

### References

* “飯”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* “飯”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 飯 |
| Kyūjitai | 飯 &#xFA2A; or 飯+&#xFE00; |
| Kyūjitai | 飯󠄀 飯+&#xE0100; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 飯󠄄 飯+&#xE0104; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 飯)
* cooked grains (rice, etc.)
* meal

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぼん (bon, 飯)
* Kan-on: はん (han, 飯)
* Kun: いい (ī, 飯)、くらう (kurau, 飯らう)、くらわす (kurawasu, 飯らわす)、まま (mama, 飯)、まんま (manma, 飯)、めし (meshi, 飯, Jōyō)
* Nanori: いい (ī, 飯)

#### Compounds

* 飯台(はんだい) (handai)
* 飯店(はんてん) (hanten)
* 飯場(はんば) (hanba)
* 飯粒(はんりゅう) (hanryū)
* 一飯(いっぱん) (ippan)
* 朝飯(あさはん) (asahan)
* 椀飯(おうばん), 埦飯(おうばん), 垸飯(おうばん) (ōban)
* ご飯(はん) (gohan), 御飯(ごはん) (gohan)
* 残飯(ざんぱん) (zanpan)
* 浄飯王(じょうぼんのう) (Jōbonnō)
* 炊飯(すいはん) (suihan)
* 赤飯(せきはん) (sekihan)
* 粗飯(そはん), 麁飯(そはん) (sohan)
* 中飯(ちゅうはん), 昼飯(ちゅうはん) (chūhan)
* 麦飯(ばくはん) (bakuhan)
* 噴飯(ふんぱん) (funpan)
* 芳飯(ほうはん), 苞飯(ほうはん) (hōhan)
* 米飯(べいはん) (beihan)
* 夕飯(ゆうはん) (yūhan)
* 三飯(さば), 散飯(さば), 生飯(さば) (saba)
* 炒(チャー)飯(ハン) (chāhan)
* 飯匙倩(ハブ) (habu)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 飯
* 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: [hã̠ɴ]

#### Noun

飯(はん) • (han)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 飯
* いい Grade: 4
* kun'yomi
⟨ipi$_1$⟩ → */ipʲi/ → /ifi/ → /iwi/ → /iː/
From Old Japanese, also used as 借音 (shakuon) kana for ⟨pi$_1$⟩.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [iː]

#### Noun

飯(いい) • (ī)
* (archaic) cooked grains, especially cooked rice

##### Derived terms

* See Japanese terms spelled with 飯 read as いい

#### Proper noun

飯(いい) • (Ī)
* a surname

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 飯
* めし Grade: 4
* kun'yomi
The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 召す (mesu, “to call”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) めし [mèshíꜜ] (Odaka –)
* IPA: [me̞ɕi]

#### Noun

飯(めし) • (meshi)
* cooked grains, especially cooked rice
* (informal) a meal
    飯(めし)を食(く)う
       meshi o kuu
       eat a meal

##### Usage notes

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

##### Derived terms

* See Japanese terms spelled with 飯 read as めし

#### Proper noun

飯(めし) • (Meshi)
* a surname

### Etymology 4

* Kanji in this term
* 飯
* まま Grade: 4
* kun'yomi
Clipping of 旨旨 (umauma, “food”, baby talk).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) まま [máꜜmà] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ma̠ma̠]
* (Kyoto) まま (Teiki – [0])

#### Noun

飯(まま) • (mama)
* (regional) cooked rice
* (childish) Alternative form of 飯 (manma)

##### Derived terms

* 飯借り (mamakari)
* 飯事 (mamagoto)
* 飯子菜 (mamakona)
* 飯焚き (mamataki)

### Etymology 5

* Kanji in this term
* 飯
* 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) and dialectal 飯 (mama).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) まんま [máꜜǹmà] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [mã̠mːa̠]

#### Noun

飯(まんま) or 飯(まま) • (manma or mama)
* (childish) cooked rice

##### Derived terms

* 赤飯 (aka manma), 赤の飯 (aka no manma)
* 御飯 (o-manma)
* 猫飯 (neko manma)

### References

* ↑ “飯”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
* ↑ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Dai-ni-ban Henshū I'inkai (日本国語大辞典第二版編集委員会) (2001-2002) 日本国語大辞典　第二版 [Unabridged Japanese Dictionary: Second Edition], Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

飯 (eumhun 밥 반 (bap ban))
* hanja form of 반 (“meal, rice”)

#### Compounds

* 飯饌 (반찬, banchan)
* 白飯 (백반, baekban)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

飯: Hán Nôm readings: phạn, phằn
* rice

### References

* ↑ Trần (1999).
* ↑ Trần (2004).