9 pictures of cake characters. Common Chinese characters are pronounced bǐng ㄅㄧㄥˇ.
The radical "food" is simplified to "饣". According to the ancient calligraphy, it is simplified by saving strokes [2]. "Shuowen Jiezi": "Bread, noodles. From food, and sound.". People hold that the combination of the two stems is the paradigm of union. Food, and the two paradigms are superimposed. Kneading the flour together, spreading it thinly and cooking it is the pattern of cake.
Original meaning: round thin slices or oblate flour food. Such as: biscuits, sesame cakes, pancakes, moon cakes. Meaning: extended meaning "something like a cake". Such as: discus, bean cake, cake silver.
Explanation from ancient books: In modern Chinese, the word "cake" generally refers to "disc-shaped" pasta. In ancient Chinese, "cake" is the general name for "pasta". "Shuowen": "Bread means noodles". Regarding ancient pasta, "Shi Ming·Shi Food": "Steamed cakes, soup cakes, scorpion cakes, marrow cakes, gold cakes, and suo cakes are all named according to their shapes."
Basic meaning of words :
(1) Phonetic form. From food to sound. Original meaning: a general name for ancient pasta. Back refers to oblate flour food
(2) Same as the original meaning [cake; a round flat cake]. Such as: bakery (shaobing shop); cake (cake set. Big and thick sesame cake); cake_(cake-like food)
(3) Something shaped like a cake [sth.shaped like a cake].
Such as: cake tea (tea cake); discus; bean cake; persimmon cake; mud cake〉