飠
shí

eat

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approved by Peter Olson · Feb 18, 2022, 08:30 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Feb 18, 2022, 08:30 PM

食

飠 is a component form of 食.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》：“食，一米也。从皀，亼聲。或說亼皀也。”

Sources

Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)