Meaning clue

饣 component

shí · food; eating

A simplified side form of 食 used in characters about food, meals, hunger, and eating.

A repeatable reading move

How to use 饣

Use the component as a clue, then verify the complete character.

1

Spot 饣

Find the repeated shape and notice where it sits before trying to memorize the whole character.

2

Use the meaning clue

Use 饣 to guess the broad meaning area: food; eating.

3

Check what changes

Read the remaining component, then confirm the full pinyin, meaning, and stroke order on the character page.

Shared clue饣Meaning clue

Read the pattern before memorizing the list

Look for a food or eating idea before memorizing the full form.

The component page is a learning family; the radical page is a dictionary index. A shape can serve both roles.

Compare the family

What stays the same, what changes?

These cards only show complete visual decompositions from the current dataset that contain 饣.

Additional indexed matches

Some matches have only a partial visual index. Open a character to see whether a complete decomposition is available; partial data is never shown as an equation.

饮yǐn饫yù饯jiàn饰shì饲sì饴yí饵ěr饸hé饺jiǎo饹le蚀shí饷xiǎng饽bō馂jùn馁něi馀yú馆guǎn馄hún馅xiàn馇chā馈kuì馊sōu馏liú馍mó馐xiū馑jǐn馒mán馓sǎn馔zhuàn馕náng
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These words contain characters from the 饣 family. Open one to see its complete breakdown.