饢

It carries the nuance of coarse, gluttonous eating — not the refined act of dining but “shoving food in.”

A phono-semantic compound:

食 (“food, to eat”), indicating the act of eating - semantic component.

囊 (“bag, pouch, pocket”), lending its sound.

The image is of stuffing food into a bag or pouch—extended metaphorically to stuffing food into one’s mouth.

Semantic range:

- to eat greedily, to gorge

- to stuff food into the mouth

- by extension, crude or unrefined eating behavior

饢飯 (낭반) — to gobble down rice

狼饢 (낭랑) — to devour like a wolf (intensifier)

Characters built on 食 often denote not only the act of eating but also attitudes toward food. 饢, with its coarse nuance, reflects social criticism of gluttony and lack of refinement.

In literature, it can depict peasants or vulgar characters “shoving food in,” contrasting with cultivated dining (食事).