饣 (shí)
"to eat" or "food" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 184)
Etymology
饣 is a component form of 食, which depicts a mouth (亼) eating from a food vessel (皀).
Components
- 亼 (iconic, simplified) — Depicts an upside-down mouth.
- 皀 (iconic, simplified) — Depicts a food vessel.