喫

Information about character(s)

Radical: 口
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 12
Variants: 吃

Pronunciation

Pinyin: chī, kài
Cantonese: hek3 jaak3
JapaneseKun: KUU NOMU
JapaneseOn: KITSU KEKI
Korean: KKIK
Vietnamese: khịt

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear

CE-Dict: variant of 吃/to eat/to have one's meal/to eradicate/to destroy/to absorb/to suffer/to exhaust

Soothill: To eat.

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《口部》喫食也。从口契聲。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集上】【口字部】喫
【唐韻】【正韻】苦擊切【集韻】【韻會】喆歷切，𠀤音燩。【說文】食也。【玉篇】啖，喫也。【杜甫·絕句】梅熟許同朱老喫。　又【正韻】飲也。【杜甫·送李校書詩】對酒不能喫。　【廣韻】同𡁒。【集韻】或作𡁒噭。【正韻】亦作毄。　又【集韻】口賣切，音𡢖。喫詬，力諍。　又口戒切，音烗。義同。

CF-Dict: alimentation