饔
breakfast, eat prepared food
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Readings
On'yomi
- ヨウ
- ユ
Kun'yomi
- に.る
Meaning
饔 centers on the morning meal: breakfast, or more broadly, eating food that has been prepared in advance.
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Etymology
饔 combines 雍 (likely phonetic) with 食 (food), suggesting a connection to prepared food or a morning meal. The exact historical development is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
The top part 雍 looks like a complex container, and 食 at the bottom is food. Imagine a covered dish of food prepared the night before, ready to be eaten as breakfast.
Reading mnemonic
For ヨウ, picture a morning yawn (ヨウ sounds like 'yo') as you sit down to eat your prepared breakfast.