Character: 喫
Modern (Beijing) reading: chī
Preclassic Old Chinese: khēk
Classic Old Chinese: khēk
Western Han Chinese: khēk
Eastern Han Chinese: khiēk
Early Postclassic Chinese: khiēk
Middle Postclassic Chinese: khiēk
Late Postclassic Chinese: khiēk
Middle Chinese: khiek
English meaning : to eat, drink, swallow [Han]
Russian meaning[s]: вм. 吃
Comments: Karlgren gives a LZ reading *khrāts (MC khạ̀j) 'energetic' - very dubious and not attested elsewhere. The reading *khēk is attested since Han; modern chĭ is quite irregular.
Radical: 30
Four-angle index: 4930
Karlgren code: 0279 h
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