Memory phrase for the character: 食

食

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Meaning

eat, food

Pronunciation

SHOKU
taberu, kuu

Explanation

 Top: a cover 𠆢, bottom: good 良

Mnemonic
 
A cover is put on the good food.

Radicals

食 to eatshows a cover and good 良 (It might be helpful to see the lower two strokes as chopsticks.)
良 goodThe radical good is similar to 艮 that ist understood as "not-good" (The little stroke at the top is missing.)




 Vocabulary

蚊に食われる かにくわれる  biten by a moskito
乞食 こじき  beggar, tramp
食堂 しょくどう  cafeteria, dining hall
軽食 けいしょく  light meal
食器 しょっき  tableware
菜食主義 さいしょくしゅぎ  vegetarianism
食塩 しょくえん  table salt
蚕食 さんしょく  intrusion, invasion, encroachment
食べ物 たべもの  food

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