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食

shí

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

shí · sik6 (Jyutping)

  1. to eat
  2. food
  3. animal feed
  4. eclipse

sì · sik6 (Jyutping)

  1. to feed (a person or animal)

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Character breakdown

食

Meaning
eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184
Radical
食
Strokes
9
Components
⿱人良
Cangjie
OIAV
Four-corner
8073.2

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