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Meaning eat, food

Pronunciation

u

Explanation

Top: a cover 𠆢, bottom: good 良

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A cover is put on the good food.

Radicals

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

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 Vocabulary

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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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