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吃 chī — “to eat”

How to write and say the Chinese character 吃 (chī), which means to eat — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Food & drink.

Stroke order笔顺

吃 is written with 6 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

Built on the mouth radical 口 — you 吃 (eat) with your mouth.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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