食
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to eat; food; animal feed; eclipse
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Dict coverage rank #262 U+98DF
How 食 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A dish of food 良 with a lid on top 人
How to remember it
food · Heisig RSH #1154
halo + umbrella — as a component also called: food
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 食
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小食中心 | xiǎo shí zhōng xīn | (Malaysia) food court |
| 食古不化 | shí gǔ bù huà | to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom); to be pedantic without having a … |
| 食人 | shí rén | man-eating (beast); to eat people; fig. to oppress the people |
| 食水 | shí shuǐ | (Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong) drinking water |
| 生食 | shēng shí | to eat raw; raw food |
| 食人鱼 | shí rén yú | piranha |
| 美食家 | měi shí jiā | gourmet |
| 小食 | xiǎo shí | snack; nibbles |
| 食性 | shí xìng | diet (of an animal); food preferences; eating habits (of a person) |
| 草食动物 | cǎo shí dòng wù | herbivore |
| 食草动物 | shí cǎo dòng wù | herbivore |
| 食安 | shí ān | food safety (abbr. for 食品安全[shi2 pin3 an1 quan2] or 食物安全[shi2 wu4 an1 quan2]) |
| 食品加工机 | shí pǐn jiā gōng jī | food processor |
| 食指大动 | shí zhǐ dà dòng | (idiom) to be excited to dig into the delicious food |
| 食物中毒 | shí wù zhòng dú | food poisoning |
| 面食 | miàn shí | food made from wheat flour, such as noodles, dumplings, buns etc |
| 食法 | shí fǎ | cooking method |
| 食物 | shí wù | food |
| 主食 | zhǔ shí | staple food |
| 外食族 | wài shí zú | people who regularly eat out |