吃 (chī) Stroke Order, Decomposition & Printable Worksheet
吃 (chī · Hán Việt: Ngật) — to eat; to consume; to absorb; to suffer. Left mouth radical 口 (kǒu) placed high on the upper-left + right phonetic 乞 (qǐ).
- Pinyin
- chī
- Sino-Vietnamese
- Ngật
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 口
- IDS Structure
- ⿰口乞
- Traditional
- 吃
吃 Stroke-by-Stroke Trajectory (6 Steps)
Customize 吃 in Worksheet Generator →吃1 竖 Shù
吃1 (10,34)→(17,61)
吃2 折 Zhé
吃2 (15,37)→(26,49)
吃3 点 Diǎn
吃3 (18,55)→(32,52)
吃4 竖 Shù
吃4 (54,7)→(39,40)
吃5 横 Héng
吃5 (50,32)→(80,27)
吃6 横 Héng
吃6 (44,51)→(92,65)
Origin & Structural Decomposition (吃 = ⿰口乞)
Left mouth radical 口 (kǒu) placed high on the upper-left + right phonetic 乞 (qǐ).
⿰口乞 → 口 + 乞 (⿰)
Calligraphy Proportion & Grid Coaching for 吃
Position the small 口 in the upper-left quadrant (do not make it as tall as the whole character); sweep the final Horizontal-Turn-Curved-Hook (横折弯钩) of 乞 wide to the bottom-right.
Common Stroke Order Pitfall for 吃
The right-hand component is 乞 (3 strokes: Piě → Horizontal → Horizontal-Turn-Curved-Hook), NOT 气 (which has 4 strokes with an extra middle horizontal).
Essential HSK Compound Words with 吃
to eat a meal; have dinner
street food; snack
delicious; tasty
to be surprised; startled
to have a surprise (idiom); shocked or startled; gobsmacked
to suffer losses; to come to grief
to entail strenuous effort; to toil at a task
to bear hardships
to stammer; to stutter; Taiwan pr. [kǒu jí]
to eat, drink and be merry (idiom); to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
Example Sentences Using 吃 (chī)
你今天中午想吃米饭还是面条？
Nǐ jīntiān zhōngwǔ xiǎng chī mǐfàn háishi miàntiáo?
Would you like to eat rice or noodles for lunch today?
夜市里有很多美味的中国传统小吃。
Yèshì lǐ yǒu hěn duō měiwèi de Zhōngguó chuántǒng xiǎochī.
There are many delicious traditional Chinese snacks at the night market.