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

糊

餬

hú = hu + Ø2

congee / making a living

糊 = 米 + 胡 : In the space station's kitchen (Ø2) Helga Horse (hu) is cooking a paste (糊) made of a whole sack of rice (米). She made a big mess, partly because the instructions were so unclear (糊) and therefore she was so muddled up (糊). She even had her Confucius moustache (胡) catch the oven's fire, so her moustache got scorched (糊), just as the rice paste.

馈

餽

kuì = ku + ei4

to make an offering to the gods / variant of 饋|馈[kui4]

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).

馁

餒

něi = n + ei3

(bound form) hungry; starving / (bound form) dispirited / (literary) (of fish) putrid

馋

饞

chán = ch + an2

gluttonous / greedy / to have a craving

馋 = 饣 + 免 + ⺀ : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is so gluttonous (馋) he doesn't only finish all the Chinese crullers (饣) in the anthill's kitchen (an2), he even eats the blossoms (⺀) from the tables. After he complains about his stomach ache the owner shows him the disclaimer (免) freeing him from any liability.

饷

饟

xiǎng = xi + ang3

variant of 餉|饷[xiang3]

飨

饗

xiǎng = xi + ang3

(literary) to offer food and drinks / to entertain

饕

ta̅o = t + ao1

gluttonous / see 饕餮[tao1 tie4], zoomorphic mask motif

馔