飨

饗
xiǎng
#4,702 most
frequent character
(literary) to offer food and drinks

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

飨 has 乡, two people eating face to face, which also supplies the sound, and 食, food. It first meant two people eating facing each other, then grew to 'to entertain guests with food and drink'.

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Homophones

HSK 1
想xiǎng
to think, to believe, to suppose
HSK 4
响xiǎng
to make a sound, to sound, to ring
享xiǎng
to enjoy, to benefit, to have the use of

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