饭 (fàn) — cooked rice; meal

饭 (fàn) means both 'cooked rice' (the food) and 'meal' (the occasion of eating). Measure words: 碗 for rice, 顿 for meals.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 飯; 饭 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 飯 combines 食 (food) with 反 for the sound; the simplified 饭 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical form.