1. 消
  2. 食

消

Previous (视)Next (越)
  • 439th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 114 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
消→
氵肖
2Radical
消→
氵water⺌small月moon
3Graphical
消→
⺀㇀丨丷冂二

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiāo (xiao1)to disappear • to vanish • to eliminate • to spend (time) • have to • need

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 消 xiāo (xiao1)The component 肖 is pronounced as 'xiào' (xiao4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

消失 
消息 

Uncommon

取消 
消停 
消化 
消极 (消極)
消毒 
消灭 (消滅)
消炎 
消磨 
消耗 
消肿 (消腫)
消费 (消費)
消费者 (消費者)
消逝 
消遣 
消防 
消除 
烟消云散 (煙消雲散)

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食

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Previous (源)Next (险)
  • 670th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 184 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

Common

美食 
零食 
食品 
食物 
饮食 (飲食)

Uncommon

主食 
伙食 
厌食 (厭食)
挑食 
消食 
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 
食客 
食欲 (食慾)
食指 
食用 
食疗 (食療)
食肉 
食谱 (食譜)
食量 
食盐 (食鹽)
饭食 (飯食)
喂食 (餵食)
面食 (麵食)

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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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