Chinese Character 吃 Meanings and components.
Form
吃
Meaning
- 吃 meaning[3] in English
To Eat.
To Consume.
To Eat At (A Cafeteria Etc).
Main Components
By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 吃 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and to beg (乞)
Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口
In cangjie it is written with RON
How to write 吃
To write吃 you should write a combination of 口 , 乞 arranged in a 吅 shape:
口 + 乞 = 吃
吃 Stroke Order
The order of the strokes to write 吃 should be followed in this specific way.
Components Tree
The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 吃, looks as follow:
吃
Pinyin:chi1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Eat . To Consume . To Eat At (A Cafeteria Etc) . To Eradicate . To Destroy . To Absorb . To Suffer . To Stammer (Taiwan Pr. For This Sense Is [Ji2])
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
乞
Pinyin:qi3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Beg
𠂉
Pinyin:𠂉5 Shape:+
乙
Pinyin:yi3
Meaning[3]: Second Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1] . Second In Order . Letter 'B' Or Roman 'Ii' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc . Second Party (In Legal Contract, Usually 乙方[Yi3 Fang1], As Opposed To 甲方[Jia3 Fang1]) . Ethyl . Bent . Winding . Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 5) . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 105°