食

食
shí = sh + Ø2
to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse
食 = 亽 + 艮 : Mnemonic symbol: a bag of instant noodles.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) went camping in the space station's bathroom (Ø2). As foodstuffs he brought chewing gum (艮) and instant noodles (食), but he forgot to bring his gas stove, so in front of his tipi (亽) He is eating chewing gums all day.
食
sì = s + Ø4
to feed (a person or animal)

食 character breakdown

亽
jí = ji + Ø2
archaic variant of 亼[ji2]
亽
one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "ra"), an ancient Korean writing system
亽 = 丶 + 人 : Looks like a tipi.
艮
gěn = g + (e)n3
blunt / tough / chewy
艮 = 日 + 长 : Mnemonic symbol: chewing gum.
艮 = 日 + 长 : The sun hates it when Guy Fawkes is riding his longboard in the encampment. This time, she found out how to stop him: With chewing gum on the floor.
艮
gèn = g + (e)n4
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing mountain / ☶ / ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast)
良
liáng = li + ang2
good / very / very much
良 = 丶 + 艮 : Mnemonic symbol: A "thank you very much" card for being so good.

Everyday, Li Qingzhao (li) has been picking up the chewing gums (艮) from the ground of the anglepod's kitchen (ang2) with petal leaves (丶). One day, finally one guest approaches her and gives her a "thank you very much" card for being so good (良).
人
rén = r + (e)n2
person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
人 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).

Characters with 食 as component

饪
餁
rèn = r + (e)n4
variant of 飪|饪[ren4]
饪 = 壬 + 饣 : Robinson Crusoe (r) invited the cat o' nine tails (壬) over for dinner in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4) because he wants to practice his cooking (饪) skills. He's cooking (饪) a Chinese cruller (饣) for her.
湌
ca̅n = c + an1
variant of 餐[can1]
饤
飣
dìng = di + (e)ng4
display food for show only / sacrifice
饦
飥
tuo̅ = tu + o1
(cake)
飧
飱
su̅n = su + (e)n1
variant of 飧[sun1]
飧
su̅n = su + (e)n1
(literary) supper
飮
yǐn = y + (e)n3
variant of 飲|饮[yin3]
飰
fàn = f + an4
old variant of 飯|饭[fan4]
飶
bì = bi + Ø4
fragrance of food
饳
飿
duò = du + o4
used in 餶飿|馉饳[gu3 duo4]
餀
hài = h + ai4
tainted food
餂
tiǎn = ti + an3
to obtain by deception

Words with 食

吸
食
(of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc) / (of a person) to take (a narcotic drug) / to drink through a straw
吞
食
to devour
啄
食
(of a bird) to peck at food
吃
食
food / edibles
同
同
类
類
相
相
食
食
cannibalism
吃
食
to eat (of bird or animal) / to feed
吃
白
食
to eat without paying / to freeload
可
食
edible
吹
吹
箫
簫
乞
乞
食
食
to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], destitute refugee from Chu 楚[Chu3], busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician
和
食
Japanese cuisine

Sentences with 食

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