1. 食
  2. 鹽

食

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  • 670th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 106 words
  • Component in 61 characters

Decomposition

1Once
食→
亽艮
2Radical
食→
食eat/food
3Graphical
食→
人丶丨㇕二乚冫

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shí (shi2)to eat • food • animal feed • eclipse
2. sì (si4)to feed

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 食 shí (shi2)The component 亽 is pronounced as 'jí' (ji2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for 食 shí (shi2)The component 食 is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for 食 shí (shi2)The component 食 is pronounced as 'sì' (si4). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for 食 sì (si4)The component 亽 is pronounced as 'jí' (ji2). It has the same pinyin final.
5. Pronunciation clue for 食 sì (si4)The component 食 is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pinyin final.
6. Pronunciation clue for 食 sì (si4)The component 食 is pronounced as 'sì' (si4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

食 also appears in:
食餐饕飧飨饔餍餮餈饏飸饜飺饭馆饮饰饿饲饱饥饶饼蚀馈饷饵馒饺饬馅馋馍馁馀馐饨馕馑饽饪馄饯馏馊馔饧饫饩馓饴馃馇饾饸饹馂馉饤饳饻

Example Words

High Frequency

美食 
零食 
食 
食品 
食物 

Medium Frequency

主食 
伙食 
挑食 
甜食 
节食 (節食)
粮食 (糧食)
素食 
肉食 
膳食 
觅食 (覓食)
丰衣足食 (豐衣足食)
进食 (進食)
食堂 
食欲 (食慾)
食指 
食用 
食疗 (食療)
食谱 (食譜)
食量 
食盐 (食鹽)
饭食 (飯食)
饮食 (飲食)
面食 (麵食)
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鹽

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Previous (枚)Next (览)
  • 1882nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 32 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
鹽→
No glyph available皿
2Radical
鹽→
臣minister/official丿bend一one鹵salt皿dish
3Graphical
鹽→
一㇗丨匚丿一丨一冂一乂丶㇀冫冂丨一

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yán (yan2)salt • CL:粒[li4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 鹽 yán (yan2)The component 一 is pronounced as 'yī' (yi1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

High Frequency

盐 (鹽)

Medium Frequency

亚硝酸盐 (亞硝酸鹽)
柴米油盐 (柴米油鹽)
海盐 (海鹽)
无机盐 (無機鹽)
粗盐 (粗鹽)
食盐 (食鹽)
盐城 (鹽城)
盐水 (鹽水)
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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