eat

Origin & mnemonic

A pictograph from oracle-bone script depicting a bowl or vessel containing food. The form evolved into the modern shape representing the meanings of "eat" or "food".

Mnemonic: Visualize this radical as a bowl or vessel of food with an open mouth ready to eat.

• 饣shí🔊

  "to eat" or "food" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 184)

  3 strokes

• 饤dìng🔊

  display food for show only

  5 strokes

• 饥jī🔊

  (bound form) hungry

  5 strokes

• 饦tuō🔊

  used in 餺飥|馎饦[bo2 tuo1]

  6 strokes

• 饧xíng🔊

  maltose syrup

  6 strokes

• 饭fàn🔊

  cooked rice

  HSK 1

  7 strokes

• 饮yǐn🔊

  to drink

  7 strokes

• 饨tún🔊

  used in 餛飩|馄饨[hun2 tun5]

  7 strokes

• 饩xì🔊

  grain ration

  7 strokes

• 饪rèn🔊

  cooked food

  7 strokes

• 饫yù🔊

  full (as of eating)

  7 strokes

• 饬chì🔊

  (bound form) to put in order

  7 strokes

• 𱃲yù🔊

  variant of 飫|饫[yu4]

  7 strokes

• 饱bǎo🔊

  to eat till full

  HSK 2

  8 strokes

• 饰shì🔊

  decoration

  8 strokes

• 饯jiàn🔊

  farewell dinner

  8 strokes

• 饲sì🔊

  to raise

  8 strokes

• 饳duò🔊

  used in 餶飿|馉饳[gu3 duo4]

  8 strokes

• 饴yí🔊

  maltose syrup

  8 strokes

• 饶ráo🔊

  rich

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 饼bǐng🔊

  round flat cake

  HSK 5

  9 strokes

• 食shí🔊

  to eat

  9 strokes

• 饵ěr🔊

  pastry

  9 strokes

• 饷xiǎng🔊

  variant of 餉|饷[xiang3]

  9 strokes

• 饸hé🔊

  used in 餄餎|饸饹[he2 le5]

  9 strokes

• 饹le🔊

  used in 餄餎|饸饹[he2 le5]

  9 strokes

• 饺jiǎo🔊

  dumplings with meat filling

  9 strokes

• 饿è🔊

  hungry

  HSK 1

  10 strokes

• 馀yú🔊

  variant of 餘|余[yu2], remainder

  10 strokes

• 饽bō🔊

  cake

  10 strokes

• 饾dòu🔊

  to set out food

  10 strokes

• 馁něi🔊

  (bound form) hungry; starving

  10 strokes

• 馂jùn🔊

  (literary) leftovers (of a meal)

  10 strokes

• 𫗦bù🔊

  used in 餔子|𫗦子[bu4 zi5]

  10 strokes

• 𫗧sù🔊

  pot of cooked rice

  10 strokes

• 馆guǎn🔊

  building

  11 strokes

• 馅xiàn🔊

  filling; stuffing (for dumplings, pies etc)

  11 strokes

• 飡cān🔊

  variant of 餐[can1]

  11 strokes

• 馃guǒ🔊

  cake

  11 strokes

• 馄hún🔊

  used in 餛飩|馄饨[hun2 tun5] and 餛燉|馄炖[hun2 dun4]

  11 strokes

• 馋chán🔊

  gluttonous

  HSK 7

  12 strokes

• 飧sūn🔊

  (literary) supper

  12 strokes

• 飨xiǎng🔊

  (literary) to offer food and drinks

  12 strokes

• 馇chā🔊

  to cook and stir (animal feed)

  12 strokes

• 馈kuì🔊

  (literary) to make an offering to the gods

  12 strokes

• 馉gǔ🔊

  used in 餶飿|馉饳[gu3 duo4]

  12 strokes

• 馊sōu🔊

  rancid

  12 strokes

• 馏liú🔊

  to distill

  13 strokes