meal, food, rice, to eat

 (식, food, eat) – semantic component, indicating relation to eating
殄 (진, to exhaust, to end) – phonetic component, providing the sound

Most commonly seen in the compound 饕餮 (도철) — name of a mythical monster from Chinese mythology, symbolizing boundless greed and gluttony.
The 饕餮 motif appears in ancient Chinese bronze vessels (饕餮紋), where it represents awe, power, and greed.
Rarely used alone in modern contexts, but well known culturally through the idiom 饕餮之徒 (“a gluttonous person,” “a greedy fellow”).

to drink

cooked rice, a meal, to eat a meal

to feed, to raise, to nourish

full (after eating), satisfied, to be fed up or sated

to raise, to nourish

to eat, to swallow

to remain, to be left over, surplus, the rest

house, building, mansion, guest hall, inn, lodging, official residence

to covet, to crave, to be greedy, gluttonous, insatiable appetite

famine, food shortage, time of famine or crop failure

side dish

to starve, to be famished, famine, dearth

to covet, to crave, to be greedy, gluttonous

stuff into the mouth, to gobble up greedily

to gallop, to run swiftly, to hasten

to contradict, to refute, to mix

to ride (a horse), rider, cavalry

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