Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "饣", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "饣", and master the standard way of writing the character "饣".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 饣
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "饣" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
"to eat" or "food" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 184)
饣 (shí)
1. Same as "食" (shí). Used as a radical.
2. (Noun) (Pictophonetic. From 饣 and 皀, with 饣 as the sound component. The original meaning: rice, food)
The same meaning as food, 饣 also refers to rice. — "Shuòwén" (Explain the Symbols). Note: The rice of the six grains is called food. Examples include:
- 食次 (shí cì): food items such as wine dishes and snacks; food products
- 食店 (shí diàn): restaurant
- 食垒 (shí lěi): a type of food box with several layers of compartments
- 食嗓 (shí sǎng): esophagus
- 食忌 (shí jì): dietary taboos
- 食官 (shí guān): ancient officials who managed food
- 食膳 (shí shàn): dietary, dishes served
- 食为民天 (shí wéi mín tiān): food is the most important matter for the people