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喰

cān
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 old variant of 餐: to eat; a meal

Examples

HSK 6
古书里有时用它代替餐字。
Gǔ shū lǐ yǒushí yòng tā dàitì cān zì.
In old texts it was sometimes used in place of 餐.

Tips

usage
喰 is an old variant character for 餐 ('to eat / a meal'). It is rare in modern Chinese; in Japanese the same glyph is read 'kuu' for casual eating. Standard Chinese just uses 餐 or 吃.

Components

radical
口 kǒu
mouth
The mouth radical 口 on the left carries the meaning, eating is done with the mouth, making the 'to eat' sense transparent.
semantic
食 shí
food; to eat
食 ('food') on the right reinforces the meaning; mouth plus food together spell out 'to eat a meal'.

No stroke data for 喰; the glyph shown is your device font, so component strokes can't be highlighted.

Stroke Order

喰 cān