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吃 = 口 + 乞

吃 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “eat”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 乞 (beg).

Keyword
eat
Pinyin (Mandarin)
chī
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
есть
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
吃 stammer

Decomposition

ids

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 乞 beg

How to find 吃 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mouth” + “beg”. 吃 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 吃 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.