食

to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse

食 = 亽 + 艮 : Mnemonic symbol: a bag of instant noodles.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) went camping in the space station's bathroom (Ø2). As foodstuffs he brought chewing gum (艮) and instant noodles (食), but he forgot to bring his gas stove, so in front of his tipi (亽) He is eating chewing gums all day.

食

sì = s + Ø4

to feed (a person or animal)

食 character breakdown

食
- 人
  - 丿
  - ㇏
- 亽
  - 丶
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏
- 艮
  - 日
    - 一
    - 囗
  - 长
    - 丆
      - 一
      - 丿
    - 丿
    - 乛
- 良
  - 丶
  - 艮
    - 日
      - 一
      - 囗
    - 长
      - 丆
        
        一
        
        丿
      - 丿
      - 乛

亽

jí = ji + Ø2

archaic variant of 亼[ji2]

亽

one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "ra"), an ancient Korean writing system

亽 = 丶 + 人 : Looks like a tipi.

艮

gěn = g + (e)n3

blunt / tough / chewy

艮 = 日 + 长 : Mnemonic symbol: chewing gum.

艮 = 日 + 长 : The sun hates it when Guy Fawkes is riding his longboard in the encampment. This time, she found out how to stop him: With chewing gum on the floor.

艮

gèn = g + (e)n4

one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing mountain / ☶ / ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast)

良

liáng = li + ang2

good / very / very much

良 = 丶 + 艮 : Mnemonic symbol: A "thank you very much" card for being so good.

Everyday, Li Qingzhao (li) has been picking up the chewing gums (艮) from the ground of the anglepod's kitchen (ang2) with petal leaves (丶). One day, finally one guest approaches her and gives her a "thank you very much" card for being so good (良).

人

rén = r + (e)n2

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

人 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).

Characters with 食 as component

饺

餃

jiǎo = ji + ao3

dumplings with meat filling

饺 = 交 + 饣 : Linus Pauling (交) and Joan of Arc (ji) are on a date in the aorta (ao3). They are having dumplings (饺) and Chinese crullers (饣) for dinner and are feeding each other romantically.

饥

飢

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

(bound form) hungry

饥 = 几 + 饣 : On a space trip in front of the space station (Ø1) Joan of Arc (ji) is very hungry (饥). Although there is a Chinese crulle (饣) floating over a small table (几) right in front of her, she cannot reach it because she has no way of propulsion.

饥

饑

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

variant of 飢|饥[ji1]

饲

飤

sì = s + Ø4

old variant of 飼|饲[si4]

饲 = 司 + 饣 : Socrates (s) and the manager (司) are rearing (饲) a Chinese cruller (饣) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). To do so in zero gravity, they rear it from two sides.

馈

饋

kuì = ku + ei4

food / to make a present

馈 = 贵 + 饣 : Karl Koala (ku) is preparing an offering to the gods (馈) by putting a Chinese cruller (饣) in a treasure chest (贵) just inside the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4).

饵

餌

ěr = Ø + Ø3

pastry / food / to swallow / to lure / bait / lure

馒

饅

mán = m + an2

steamed bread

馒 = 曼 + 饣 : Nelson Mandela (曼) and Mahatma Gandhi (m) are having brunch together in the anthill's kitchen (an2). They're having Chinese crullers (饣) and steamed bread (馒).

喂

餵

wèi = w + ei4

to feed

喂 = 口 + 畏 : Willy Walrus (w) is breastfeeding (喂) his newborn calf (畏) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) while eating a mandarin (口) himself.

馅

餡

xiàn = xi + an4

stuffing / forcemeat / filling

馅 = 臽 + 饣 : Marie Curie (xi) set up a sling trap (臽) in the anthill's bathroom (an4) and uses a Chinese cruller (饣) as bait. She'll mince (馅) whatever she catches and use as stuffing (馅) for her dumplings.

肴

餚

yáo = y + ao2

variant of 肴[yao2]

肴 = 乂 + 有 : Maud Younger (y) dropped her meat dishes (肴) into a pile of confetti (有) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2) and now she has to remove the confetti from the meat using a pair of pliers (乂).

饷

餉

xiǎng = xi + ang3

soldier's pay

喰

ca̅n = c + an1

old variant of 餐[can1]

饪

飪

rèn = r + (e)n4

cooked food / to cook (until ready)

饪 = 壬 + 饣 : Robinson Crusoe (r) invited the cat o' nine tails (壬) over for dinner in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4) because he wants to practice his cooking (饪) skills. He's cooking (饪) a Chinese cruller (饣) for her.

馏

餾

liú = li + ou2

to distill / to break a liquid substance up into components by boiling

馏

餾

liù = li + ou4

to steam / to cook in a steamer / to reheat cold food by steaming it

飨

饗

xiǎng = xi + ang3

(literary) to offer food and drinks / to entertain