吃

chi̅ = ch + Ø1

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])

吃 = 乞 + 口 : Charlie Chaplin and the beggar are floating in front of the space station. Charlie Chaplin is very hungry and begs the beggar to hand over the beggar's mandarin.

吃

喫

chi̅ = ch + Ø1

variant of 吃[chi1]

吃 = 乞 + 口 : Charlie Chaplin and the beggar are floating in front of the space station. Charlie Chaplin is very hungry and begs the beggar to hand over the beggar's mandarin.

吃 character breakdown

吃
- 乞
  - 乙
  - 𠂉
    - 一
    - 丿
- 口

乞

qǐ = qi + Ø3

to beg

乞 = 𠂉 + 乙 : The beggar gives the Queen of Hearts her key which he found. As a reward, she awards him a silver medal, pronouncing him second grade knight of the royal court.

口

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).