餔 [bū]
1. To eat.
Example: "The luminous jade cannot be eaten."
2. Food eaten during the申 (shēn) time (around late afternoon to evening).
Example: "Carrying a pot to sell, fetching water to make a meal."
3. An ancient term for "晡" (bū), meaning shēn time, evening.
Example: "Continuous roads cannot be accessed unless it is morning."
動詞 (Verb):
To give food, to feed.
Example: "In the country, there are no children who do not eat or drink; they must ask for their names."
"Empress Lü and her two sons were in the fields when an old man came asking for a drink; Empress Lü thus fed him."
Commentary: "To feed someone with food is also referred to as 餔."
名詞 (Noun):
Refers to preserved fruit made with sugar.
Example: 餹餔 (gāo diǎn - pastry).
See also 餔子.