饭
fàn · HSK 1
meal
🍚 饭 = 食 (food radical) + 反 (fǎn, phonetic)
The 食 radical on the left marks it as food-related; 反 on the right gives the sound (fǎn → fàn). Core meaning is cooked rice, extended to any meal — 早饭 breakfast, 午饭 lunch, 晚饭 dinner.
饭 — food radical 飠/饣 + 反 fǎn (phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The left side 饣 (simplified from 飠, 'eat/food') gives the meaning, while 反 on the right hints at the sound. Originally referring to cooked grain, it broadened to mean cooked rice and, by extension, a meal in general.