Read Edit View history 食 shísì HSK2 eat Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a mouth (亼) eating from a food vessel (皀). Pinyin Separate values with commas shí ×shi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts an upside-down mouth. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 食 Simp strokes 食 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a food vessel. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 食 Simp strokes 食 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 食 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 457, 842 ], [ 478, 820 ], [ 487, 797 ], [ 433, 694 ], [ 355, 586 ], [ 287, 510 ], [ 193, 427 ], [ 59, 341 ] ], [ [ 518, 758 ], [ 518, 747 ], [ 643, 621 ], [ 766, 518 ], [ 806, 504 ], [ 955, 488 ] ], [ [ 446, 628 ], [ 512, 592 ], [ 540, 565 ] ], [ [ 381, 487 ], [ 405, 480 ], [ 583, 523 ], [ 601, 519 ], [ 617, 503 ], [ 627, 490 ], [ 625, 478 ], [ 586, 323 ], [ 571, 289 ], [ 575, 267 ] ], [ [ 393, 370 ], [ 404, 380 ], [ 457, 394 ], [ 506, 401 ], [ 524, 397 ] ], [ [ 393, 266 ], [ 410, 279 ], [ 537, 302 ] ], [ [ 317, 498 ], [ 328, 497 ], [ 354, 467 ], [ 365, 398 ], [ 368, 225 ], [ 356, 76 ], [ 358, 38 ], [ 407, 48 ], [ 521, 113 ] ], [ [ 685, 291 ], [ 695, 272 ], [ 693, 253 ], [ 585, 172 ] ], [ [ 459, 194 ], [ 591, 136 ], [ 701, 77 ], [ 751, 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666,208 713,228C719,231 725,233 732,235C744,240 749,248 744,258C738,270 727,280 713,289C700,298 690,302 682,302C675,302 673,299 674,290C674,273 639,231 569,166C565,162 581,156 586,160Z", "M569,166C500,191 463,204 457,202C453,202 452,197 454,188C455,183 461,177 473,171C577,121 667,67 739,6C750,-3 760,-12 771,-16C779,-18 786,-13 791,-1C794,10 791,25 786,44C777,76 711,116 586,160C575,164 575,164 569,166Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.