食

shí · sì

to eat · food

Radical: 食 Strokes: 9

Structure: Single componentFrequency: Common

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Character Decomposition

食=人+良

Etymology

A dish of food 良 with a lid on top 人

Meanings2 pronunciations

shí

to eat

food

animal feed

eclipse

sì

to feed (a person or animal)

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Words with 食 837 total

to eat (of bird or animal) · to feed吃食chī shí

Idioms with 食 241 total Chain

lit. a prime minister who merely eats alongside others (idiom) · fig. a useless official; a figurehead in office伴食宰相bàn shí zǎi xiàng to spend the whole day eating (i.e. not doing any work)饱食终日bǎo shí zhōng rì