食food
food. 9 strokes. 10 characters in HSK 3.0 Levels 2 to 6 are written with it.
Meaning foodStrokes 9Characters 10Also written 饣
How to write 食
The shapes it is written in
饣 in 8 characters, 食 in 2 characters. They are one radical: a part changes shape to fit where it sits in the character, and the dictionary gives every shape the same meaning.
What it tells you about a character
Of the 10 characters below, 7 are pictophonetic with 食 as the half that carries the meaning — the other half carries the sound. That is the use of knowing a radical: it narrows what a new character is about before you know how to say it.
The 10 characters
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for the 食 family
HSK 2 · 6
HSK 5 · 3
HSK 6 · 1
Words they appear in
| 饱 | full, well-fed 吃了足够的食物，不再觉得饿 |
| 饭馆 | restaurant, diner 专门供人吃饭的店铺 |
| 饺子 | dumpling, potsticker 用面皮包着馅料做成的传统食物 |
| 快餐 | fast food 做得快、吃得也快的简单食物 |
| 食物 | food 指供人食用的东西 |
| 体育馆 | gymnasium 指供人室内运动比赛的建筑 |
| 晚餐 | dinner 指晚上吃的正餐 |
| 午餐 | lunch 指中午吃的正餐 |
| 西餐 | Western food 指西方国家的饮食 |
| 早餐 | breakfast 一天当中最早吃的一顿饭 |
| 中餐 | Chinese food, Chinese meal 指用中国传统方式烹调的饭菜 |
| 做饭 | to cook, prepare a meal 指在厨房里准备家人要吃的饭菜 |
| 旅馆 | a hotel 给旅客住宿过夜的地方 |
| 美食 | delicious cuisine 味道特别好、值得慢慢品尝的食物 |