Radical 食 (shí) — eat
食
Variant
饣
Variant
飠
Stroke order
Meaning
eat
Main form
食
Strokes count
9
About the radical 食
The radical 食 (shí) means “eat” and is used as a graphical component of Chinese characters. Written variants: 饣 飠.
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Characters with radical 食 63
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