吃 (chī, jí) — Chinese Character

吃

chī, jí

to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)

Radical: 口 HSK 1 v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

吃 decomposes into the following components:

口乞

Semantic component: 口; phonetic component: 乞.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 吃.

乱吃

luàn chī

偷吃

tōu chī

口吃

kǒu chī

可吃

kě chī

吃亏

chī kuī

吃人

chī rén

吃伤

chī shāng

吃住

chī zhù

吃刀

chī dāo

吃力

chī lì

吃吃

chī chī

吃味

chī wèi

Characters that share the radical 口.

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