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shí(shi2) , shi , (si4) , (yi4) // pronunciations of 食 in Mandarin Pinyin

Basic information about 食

Unihan definition: eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184

Number of strokes: 9
Examples of other characters consisting of 9 strokes: , , , , , , , , ,

Radical:  184.0

HSK level: 5
Other HSK 5 characters: , , , , , , , , , more hsk 5 charaters »

Frequency rank: 671

General standard index number: 1589

Examples of words containing this character: 主食, 乞食, 伙食, 偏食, 停食, 全食, 冗食, 副食, 即食, 厌食, 可食, 吃食, 吃食, 吞食, 吸食, 和食, 啄食, 存食, 寒食, 扁食, 打食, 挑食, 捕食, 掠食, 采食

English translation (based on CEDICT):

食[shí]:
- to eat
- food
- animal feed
- eclipse
食[]:
- to feed

Details

Unicode code point: U+98DF

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