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

糖

餹

táng = t + ang2

old variant of 糖[tang2]

糖 = 唐 + 米 : Tecumseh (t) was happily eating his Tanghulu (糖) just inside the anglepod's kitchen (ang2) when he fell over a sack of rice (米). Now his Tanghulu is sticking to his tang jacket (唐), which annoys him a lot.

喂

餧

wèi = w + ei4

variant of 餵|喂[wei4]

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.

糕

餻

ga̅o = g + ao1

variant of 糕[gao1]

糕 = 米 + 羔 : The lamb (羔) is happily charging at an unguarded cake (糕) in front of the aorta (ao1). However, it's a trap set up by Guy Fawkes (g) who wants to teach it a lesson: as the lamb is just about to bite in the cake Guy Fawkes lets a sack of rice (米) fall down on the cake, splattering it all about the lamb's face and body.

餤

tán = t + an2

to advance

餩

è = Ø + e4

hiccup

餪

nuǎn = nu + an3

send a present of a feast

餫

hún = hu + (e)n2

variant of 餛|馄[hun2]