食 meaning and pronunciation

食
Simplified/traditional character

食 English definition

shí
  • food
  • animal feed
  • to eat
  • eclipse

HSK levels

Characters with the same pronunciation

  • 乭 : rock; phonetic 'dol' used in names (Korean kugja);
  • 十 : ten; 10;
  • 埘 : hen roost;
  • 实 : real; true; honest; really; solid; fruit; seed; definitely;
  • 実 : Japanese variant of 實|实;
  • 寔 : really; solid;
  • 拾 : to pick up; to collate or arrange; ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral);
  • 时 : o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period;
  • 湜 : clear water; pure;
  • 炻 : stoneware;
  • 石 : rock; stone; stone inscription; one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1];
  • 祏 : stone shrine;
  • 蚀 : to nibble away at sth; to eat into; to erode;
  • 识 : to know; knowledge
  • 饣 : to eat' or 'food' radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 184);
  • 鲥 : shad; Ilisha elongata;
  • 鼫 : long-tailed marmot;
  • 鼭 : a kind of rat;

Words containing 食, by HSK level

粮 良