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The character 食 depicts a mouth (亼) eating from a food vessel (皀), directly conveying the ideas of eating and nourishment. It often serves as a semantic radical for characters related to meals, cooking, and consumption. The primary meanings are both nominal and verbal: as a noun, it denotes food or provisions, and as a verb, it means to eat or to feed animals.
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我喜欢吃食物。
这些食物很美味。
我们去超市买食品。
健康饮食很重要。
要注意食品安全。
他的饮食习惯很好。
食品工业发展很快。
为了健康，我们应该选择营养丰富的食物。
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