Radical 184

← 183 Radical 184 (U+2FB7) 185 →
(U+98DF) "eat, food"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:shí
Bopomofo:ㄕˊ
Wade–Giles:shi2
Cantonese Yale:sik6
Jyutping:sik6
Japanese Kana:ショク shoku (on'yomi)
く-う ku-u / た-べる ta-beru (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:식 sik
Hán-Việt:thực, tự
Names
Chinese name(s):(Left) 食字旁 shízìpáng
(Bottom) 食字底 shízì
Japanese name(s):食/しょく shoku
(Left) 食偏/しょくへん shokuhen
Hangul:밥 bap
Stroke order animation
Stroke order of the left component form 飠
Stroke order of the simplified left component form

Radical 184 or radical eat (食部) meaning "eat" or "food" is one of the 11 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 9 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 403 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 185th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with the simplified left component form and its traditional form listed as its associated indexing components.