| Chinese Text Project |
| 喫 U+55AB |  Seal script | 吃 Alternate form Semantic variant | 噄 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 口+ 9 strokes = 12 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.523#1 Kangxi: p.200#19 Cihai: p.284r4c01 GSR: 279.h Hanyu: v1,p0648#07 |
| Composition: | Left: 口, right: 契. |
| Mandarin: | chī jī ㄔ ㄐㄧ |
| Cantonese: | hek3 jaak3 |
| Shuowen: | 《口部》喫：食也。从口契聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·入聲·錫·燩》喫：喫食。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·口部·九》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。 |
| Fanqie: | 苦擊 (《廣韻·入聲·錫·燩》) |
| Unihan definition: | eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear |
Example usage
| 《莊子·天地》: | 黃帝遊乎赤水之北，登乎崑崙之丘而南望，還歸，遺其玄珠，使知索之而不得，使離朱索之而不得，使喫詬索之而不得也。 |
| Huang-Di, enjoying himself on the north of the Red-water, ascended to the height of the Kun-lun (mountain), and having looked towards the south, was returning home, when he lost his dark-coloured pearl. He employed Wisdom to search for it, but he could not find it. He employed (the clear-sighted) Li Zhu to search for it, but he could not find it. He employed (the vehement debater) Chi Gou to search for it, but he could not find it. | |
| 《儒林外史》: | 如今沒奈何，把你僱在間壁人家放牛，每月可以得他幾錢銀子，你又有現成飯喫，只在明日就要去了。 |
| There's nothing for it but to set you to work looking after our neighbour's buffalo. You'll be making a little money every month, and you'll get your meals there too. You start tomorrow.」 | |
| 《說文解字·口部》: | 喫：食也。 |
| 《世說新語·言語》: | 鄧艾口喫，語稱艾艾。 |
| 《通典·太子庶子》: | 其年，右史闕，宰臣進擬數人，高宗曰：「邢文偉嫌我兒不讀書，不肯與肉喫，此人甚直，可用。」 |
| 《四書章句集注》: | 故程子曰：「此一節，子思喫緊為人處，活潑潑地，讀者其致思焉。」 |
| 《廣韻·幢》: | 噇：喫皃。 |
| 《太平廣記·王可交》: | 一人曰：「與酒喫」 |
| 《朱子語類》: | 孟郊喫了飽飯，思量到人不到處。 |
| 《康熙字典·十二》: | 《廣韻》喫貌。 |
| 《莊子集解·內篇》： | 其神凝，三字喫緊。 |
| 《賽花鈴》： | 次日清早，催喚早膳喫過，即帶了乳嫗並丫鬟僕從，前往虎丘遊賞。 |
| 《雪月梅》： | 自做官以來祇喫了寧海一口清水，所捐己俸施粥救飢並被盜捐資，共費了六七千金，卻全活了餓民數萬。 |
| 《清稗類鈔·迷信類一》： | 俗傳三官菩薩有大量，持齋者不忌葷腥，但須不食特殺之物，故有假喫三官素之諺。 |
| 《警世通言》： | 衙內教：「有好酒把些個來喫，就犒賞眾人。」 |
| 《合錦回文傳》： | 我替老舅算計，你藏此半幅殘錦在家，喫不得，穿不得，有何用處？今欒兄愛此錦，願以善價交易，不若就把來賣與他。 |
| 《澠水燕談錄》： | 歲時朝拜，官吏常若晨興，而留守達官簡貴，每朝罷，酒三行不交一言而退，故其詩曰：「正夢寐中行十里，不交言處喫三杯。」 |
| 《宋詩紀事·卷九十六》： | 五貫九百五十俸省錢請作足錢，用妻兒尚未厭糟糠，僮僕豈免遭飢凍，贖典贖解不曽休喫酒喫肉，何曽夢為報江南癡秀才更來謁，索覓甚甕？ |
| 《定情人》： | 話說雙星在江少師內廳喫完酒，江章叫人送在東書院歇宿，雖也有些酒意，卻心下喜歡，全不覺醉。 |
| 《靈劍子》： | 狹苓、棗子甚益，瓜桃助氣，橘亦得不須，喫皮便飢也。 |
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