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eat, food 食
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Used in these Kanji:
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饭
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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cooked rice, food, cuisine, meal
fàn Left: to eat 饣/食 (Below the cover is good 良 food.), right: oppose/opposite 反 (Climbing the cliff 厂 by hand 又? I am opposing)
To eat? I oppose, unless it is cooked rice!
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食
反
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馆
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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guest house, lodge, restaurant, embassy, consulate
guǎn Left: to eat 饣/食 (Below the cover is good 良 food.), right: government 官 (Under one roof 宀 with connected ノ rooms 吕)
Where you get food from a 'government' is in a guesthouse.
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食
官
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饮
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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to drink
yǐn Left: food 饣/食 (Below the cover is good 良 food.), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
If food is lacking, you (instead) have to drink.
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食
欠
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饿
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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to be hungry, hungry
è Left: eat 饣/食, right: I,myself 我 (In my hand 手 a halberd 戈 and I am: me/myself.)
I eat myself, when I am hungry.
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食
我
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饱
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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to eat till full, sated, satisfied
bǎo Left: food 饣/食, right: wrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
If the food is 'enwrapped' (= in my stomach), I am full/sated.
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食
包
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餐
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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eat, meal
cān Top: 歺 (Variation of meat 月/肉 with a fork 卜), hand 又, bottom: food 食
Take the meat with the fork in your hand to eat it.
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食
肉
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饼
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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cake, cookie, pastry
bǐng Left: food 饣/食 (Below the cover is good 良 food.), right: combine 并 (When coming out 丷 the gate 开 of a buddh. temple you shall be united.)
The food, that unites (combines) is the: cake.
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食
并
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饺
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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dumplings with meat filling
jiǎo Left: eat 饣/食, right: exchange, crossing 交 (six 六 crosses 㐅)
The food with an exchange (= of the dough vs. filling) are the dumplings.
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食
交
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饰
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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decoration, ornament, adorn, conceal
shì Left: food 饣/食, right: lying person , cloth 巾
If the food is laid on a cloth, it is: a decoration.
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食
巾
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食
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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to eat, food, to feed
shí, sì Top: a cover , below: good 良
A cover is put on the good food.
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食
良
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良
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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good, very, very much
liáng The same character 良 with a lid would be food 食
Take the lid from the food: it looks good!
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良
食
艮
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馒
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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steamed bread, dumplings
mán Leaft: eating 饣/食, right: handsome 曼 (.. when the sun 日 shines on the eyes 罒 with long eyelashes 又)
(gentle preparation:) For the food it is handsome: the steamed dumpling.
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食
曼
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饲
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to raise, to rear, to feed
sì Left: food 饣/食 (Under the cover is good 良 food.), right: administration 司 (... where sb. is sitting in a corner ⌝ throwing a sheet 一 of paper in the wastebasket 口)
(when breeding animal) You need food and "management" for raising.
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食
司
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饥
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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hungry
jī Left: food 饣/食 (Below the cover is good 良 food.), right: (empty) table 几
No food on the empty table: I am hungry.
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食
几
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饶
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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abundant, exuberant, to add for free, to forgive, despite
ráo Left: food 饣/食, right: emperor Tang Yao 尧 (vari. of halberd 戈, table )
The food and a halberd are on the table: We are in abundance.
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尧
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蚀
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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erosion, to nibble, to corrode, eclipse
shí Left: food 饣/食 (Below the cover is good 良 food.), right: insect 虫
The eating/food by an insect is "eating (nibbling) into it", like: corrosion.
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食
虫
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馈
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to make a present, offering to the god
kuì Left: eat 饣/食, right: precious, expensive 贵 (A blooming flower [simplf. from 堇] and money 贝 are precious)
Food, that is precious is offered as: a present (or offering).
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食
贵
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馅
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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stuffing, filling, force-meat
xiàn Left: food 饣/食, right: pitfall 臽 (falling person ⺈ over a pit trap 臼 [= mortar])
The food that is pressed into a "pitfall", is the stuffing.
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食
臽
臼
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馋
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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gluttonous, greedy
chán Left: food 饣/食, right: avoid, escape 免 (escaping rabbit 兔 with long ear⺈, big eyes 罒, legs 儿 but no tail 丶) and two strokes 丶丶
In respect to food is rabbit in the grasses 丶丶: gluttonous.
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食
免
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饪
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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cooked food
rèn Left: food 饣/食 (Below the cover is good 良 food.), right: burden 壬 (or scholar 士 with a hatノ)
The food prepared for the scholar with a hat is: cooked food.
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食
壬
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饷
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JLPT no HSK |
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soldier's pay, to cater
xiǎng Left: food 饣/食 (Below the cover is good 良 food.), right: in a direction, towards 向 (At the house 冂 the window 口 is in: this ノ direction.)
Towards food is directed the: soldier's pay.
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向
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饵
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pastry, food, to swallow, to lure, bait
ěr Left: eat 饣/食, right: ear 耳
Food (in the volume) of an ear as: a pastry or bait.
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耳
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饬
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to order, to direct, keep in order
chì Left: food 饣/食 (Below the cover is good 良 food.), right: lying person , force 力
With food the lying person gets strength: as if on order.
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力
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