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Clearly, the words 食 and 饭 are each split into two sounds, the initial and the rime, thus 食 is made up of the initial of 手 and the rime of 习 , and similarly, 饭 is from 花 and from 散. This is similar to the traditional Chinese practice of representing sounds by two characters known as fanqie.
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History
There is no solid evidence for the original of Yuantang. But it is believed to be an invention of a local intellectual in Qing dynasty.
