eat

Origin & mnemonic

A pictograph from oracle-bone script depicting a bowl or vessel containing food. The form evolved into the modern shape representing the meanings of "eat" or "food".

Mnemonic: Visualize this radical as a bowl or vessel of food with an open mouth ready to eat.

• 飬juàn🔊

  old variant of 餋[juan4]

  13 strokes

• 飮yǐn🔊

  variant of 飲|饮[yin3]

  13 strokes

• 馌yè🔊

  to carry food to laborers in the field

  13 strokes

• 馍mó🔊

  small loaf of steamed bread

  13 strokes

• 馎bó🔊

  used in 餺飥|馎饦[bo2 tuo1]

  13 strokes

• 馐xiū🔊

  delicacies

  13 strokes

• 𩠌sòng🔊

  (Cantonese) dish, usu. eaten with rice

  13 strokes

• 养yǎng🔊

  to raise (animals)

  HSK 2

  14 strokes

• 馒mán🔊

  used in 饅頭|馒头[man2 tou5]

  14 strokes

• 餇tóng🔊

  food

  14 strokes

• 馑jǐn🔊

  time of famine or crop failure

  14 strokes

• 余yú🔊

  extra

  HSK 7

  15 strokes

• 餋juàn🔊

  to offer sacrifices

  15 strokes

• 餍yàn🔊

  to eat to the full

  15 strokes

• 馓sǎn🔊

  used in 饊子|馓子[san3 zi5]

  15 strokes

• 馔zhuàn🔊

  food

  15 strokes

• 餐cān🔊

  meal

  HSK 6

  16 strokes

• 肴yáo🔊

  variant of 肴[yao2]

  16 strokes

• 餠bǐng🔊

  variant of 餅|饼[bing3]

  16 strokes

• 𫗴zhān🔊

  thick congee

  16 strokes

• 糇hóu🔊

  dry provisions

  17 strokes

• 餮tiè🔊

  (literary) greedy; gluttonous

  18 strokes

• 饄táng🔊

  old variant of 糖[tang2]

  19 strokes

• 饔yōng🔊

  (literary) cooked food

  22 strokes

• 饕tāo🔊

  (literary) greedy; gluttonous

  22 strokes

• 馕náng🔊

  naan

  25 strokes