饣
shí

eat

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approved by Peter Olson · Nov 1, 2020, 04:48 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Nov 1, 2020, 04:48 PM

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饣 is a component form of 食, which depicts a mouth (亼) eating from a food vessel (皀).

Components

亼
jí (upside-down mouth), to assemble

Depicts an upside-down mouth.

皀
jí, bī, xiāng one grain

Depicts a food vessel.

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.435-436
Readings & variants
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