食 — Chinese character
食
shí
food; to eat
- Pinyin
- shí
- Radical
- 184 ⾷ (Eat)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 人 良
- Formation
- pictographic — A dish of food 良 with a lid on top 人
- Japanese
- 食 as a kanji
Common words with 食
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 食品 | shí pǐn | foodstuff; food; provisions |
| 食物 | shí wù | food |
| 粮食 (糧食) | liáng shi | foodstuff; cereals |
| 美食 | měi shí | culinary delicacy; fine food |
| 饮食 (飲食) | yǐn shí | eating and drinking; food and drink; diet |
| 食用 | shí yòng | to eat; to consume; edible |
| 食堂 | shí táng | dining hall; cafeteria; 个 (gè),间 (jiān) |
| 绝食 (絕食) | jué shí | to go on a hunger strike |
| 食材 | shí cái | (food) ingredient |
| 食谱 (食譜) | shí pǔ | cookbook; recipe |
| 进食 (進食) | jìn shí | to eat; to take food |
| 零食 | líng shí | snack; nibbles |
English words written with 食
食 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 5 · Analects 42 · Art of War 8 · I Ching 12 · Mencius 107 · Zhuangzi 73 · Great Learning 2 · Doctrine of the Mean 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 20
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 24
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 53
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 75
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 80
- Analects 1.14
- Analects 2.8
- Analects 4.5
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