1. 飲
  2. 食

飲

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  • 1567th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 27 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
飲→
飠欠
2Radical
飲→
人human丨line彐pig snout乚second丶dot丶dot欠yawn
3Graphical
飲→
人丨㇕二乚丶丶⺈人

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yǐn (yin3)to drink

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 飲 yǐn (yin3)The component 乚 is pronounced as 'yà' (ya4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

High Frequency

饮 (飲)
饮料 (飲料)
饮茶 (飲茶)
饮食 (飲食)

Medium Frequency

冷饮 (冷飲)
畅饮 (暢飲)
热饮 (熱飲)
痛饮 (痛飲)
饮品 (飲品)
饮水 (飲水)
饮水机 (飲水機)
饮用 (飲用)
饮酒 (飲酒)
餐饮 (餐飲)
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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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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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