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食
shí
1. to eat
2. food
3. animal feed
4. eclipse
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

食
shí
food; to eat
HSK 5 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

主食
zhǔshí
main food
乞食
qǐshí
to beg for food
伙食
huǒshí
food
偏食
piānshí
partial to (some kinds of food, usu. unhealthy)
停食
tíngshí
(of food) to retain in stomach due to indigestion (TCM)
全食
quánshí
total eclipse
冗食
rǒngshí
eating without working
副食
fùshí
non-staple food
即食
jíshí
instant (food)
厌食
yànshí
anorexia
可食
kěshí
edible
吃食
chīshí
to eat (of bird or animal)
吃食
chīshi
food
吞食
tūnshí
to devour
吸食
xīshí
to suck
和食
héshí
Japanese cuisine
啄食
zhuóshí
(of a bird) to peck at food
存食
cúnshí
(of food) to retain in stomach due to indigestion (TCM)
寒食
hánshí
cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival [[清明節|清明节]])
扁食
biǎnshí
dumplings

Alternate Entries

食
sì
to feed

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
670
Word Frequency Rank
1,822 of 84,292

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