食
to eat · food
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Character Decomposition
食=人+良
Etymology
A dish of food 良 with a lid on top 人
Meanings2 pronunciations
shí
to eat
food
animal feed
eclipse
sì
to feed (a person or animal)
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Words with 食 837 total
Idioms with 食 241 total Chain
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