【析形】形声字。古文字形从食,并声。 【释义】《说文》:“面餈也。”本义是烤熟或蒸熟的面食。古代的饼与后世的不同,是由麦或米捣成粉状,加水团成。麦粉做的叫饼,米粉做的叫粢。后指扁圆形的面制食品,又引申指形状像饼的东西。[画饼充饥]比喻徒有虚名,无补于实用。又用来比喻以空想自慰。 【shape analysis】It is the pictophonetic character.In ancient character the part食(shí,food)is as an ideogram and 并(bìng)as a phonetic sign. 【original meaning】The roasted or steamed wheat food.Pancake in ancient times was different from those of later ages.It was made with wheat or rice pounded into powder,and then into a ball with water.