Chinese Character 食 Meanings and components.

Form

食

Meaning

食 meaning[3] in English

To Eat.

Food.

Animal Feed.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 食 can be seen as a composition of 2 main characters.

食 radical

No radical has been identified.

Details

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 食, looks as follow:

食
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: To Eat . Food . Animal Feed . Eclipse
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
良
Pinyin:liang2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Good . Very . Very Much
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
艮
Pinyin:gen3
Meaning[3]: Blunt . Tough . Chewy

Notes

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter