懂中文 Dong Chinese

饣

shí

eat

饣 is a component form of 食, which depicts a mouth (口) eating from a food vessel (皀).

Components
口 iconic component

口  Iconic component

kǒu

  

mouth

Depicts an upside-down mouth.

皀 iconic,simplified component

皀  Iconic Simplified component

jí, bī

  

one grain

Depicts a food vessel.

Evolution

饣 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
饣 Bronze script Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)

Bronze script

Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
饣 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
饣 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
饣 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
饣 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

饣 (飠) 

shí

eat, food; radical number 184; "to eat" or "food" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 184)

Component uses

Meaning component in 38 characters (10 verified)

饭 馆 饿 饱 饼 饺 馅 馀 馐 饩 饲 饥 饶 蚀 馈 饷 饵 馒 馍 馁 饨 馕 馑 饽 饪 馄 饯 馏 馊 馔 饧 饫 馓 饴 饸 饹 馂 馇

Sound component in 4 characters (0 verified)

饰 蚀 饬 馋

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

饮