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吃 — Chinese character

吃
chī
to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear

Pinyin
chī
Radical
30 ⼝ (Mouth)
Strokes
6
Components
口 乞
Formation
pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 乞
Japanese
吃 as a kanji

Common words with 吃

WordPinyinMeaning
吃饭 (吃飯)chī fànto have a meal; to eat
好吃hǎo chītasty; delicious
好吃hào chīto be fond of eating; to be gluttonous
吃惊 (吃驚)chī jīngto be startled; to be shocked
小吃xiǎo chīstreet food; snack
吃掉chī diàoto eat up; to consume
吃药 (吃藥)chī yàoto take medicine
大吃一惊 (大吃一驚)dà chī yī jīng(idiom) astounded; flabbergasted; taken aback
吃亏 (吃虧)chī kuīto suffer losses; to come to grief
吃醋chī cùto feel jealous (esp. because of a rival in love or affection)
吃饱 (吃飽)chī bǎoto eat one's fill
吃喝chī hēto eat and drink; food and drink

English words written with 吃

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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