Dong Chinese dictionary

shí

eat

飠 is a component form of 食, which depicts a mouth (口) eating from a food vessel (皀).

Components

口 Iconic component

kǒu

mouth

Depicts an upside-down mouth.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 口 than it was in ancient scripts.

皀 Iconic component

jí, bī

one grain

Depicts a food vessel.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 皀 than it was in ancient scripts.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

shí

eat, food; radical number 184; "to eat" or "food" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 184)

Component uses

Meaning component in 42 characters (12 verified)

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

Iconic component in 2 characters (2 verified)

Deleted component in 1 character (1 verified)

Sources