饮 yǐn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 饣 — food
- Made of
- 饣 food 欠 to lack, to owe
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
饮食
yǐnshí
diet
Characters in this word
食 shí
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 食 — food
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 饮食要清淡。 Yǐnshí yào qīngdàn. Your diet should be light.
- 他注意饮食。 Tā zhùyì yǐnshí. He pays attention to his diet.
- 饮食很重要。 Yǐnshí hěn zhòngyào. Diet is very important.