食
to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse
食 character breakdown
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing mountain / ☶ / ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast)
good / very / very much
良
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丶
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艮
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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).
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).
person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
Characters with 食 as component
Words with 食
lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom) / fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
lit. not eating the food of common mortals / fig. placing oneself above the common populace
lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom) / fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation / in dire straits
lit. "Why don't they eat meat?" (said by Emperor Hui of Jin 晉惠帝|晋惠帝[Jin4 Hui4 di4] when told that his people didn't have enough rice to eat) / fig. (of people from higher class etc) to be oblivious to other people's plight
Sentences with 食
食 currently does not appear in any sentence.