Characters › 饭
7 strokes · radical 饣 · HSK 1 · traditional 飯
12 strokes · HSK 1 · simplified 饭
How it is used
The same word means cooked rice and a meal. 吃饭 — "eat rice" — is how you say eat, whatever is actually on the table.
Custom and usage, in the settings where it applies.
Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.
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cooked rice; a meal
fàn — cooked rice; a meal
Radical 饣 · 7 strokes · HSK 1 · traditional 飯
12 strokes · HSK 1 · simplified 饭
How it is usedThe same word means cooked rice and a meal. 吃饭 — "eat rice" — is how you say eat, whatever is actually on the table.