吃
chī to eat
6 strokes
Where the shape comes from
A mouth, 口, on the left, which is what you would expect for eating. The right side gives an old sound.
口mouth
乞sound
Write it
Watch the order first, then trace it with the guide, then write it from memory. The model comes back over your strokes so you can see where the shape drifted.
Press Watch to see the stroke order.
Stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi via Hanzi Writer, Arphic Public License.
Three words that use it
吃饭chīfànto eat a meal
好吃hǎochīdelicious
小吃xiǎochīsnacks
Watch out
The mistake people make
Using 吃 for drinks. Drinking is 喝, hē, which also has a mouth on the left.