噬 – vocab dash

Keyword

to bite

Readings

shì

Mnemonic

口 (mouth) gives the meaning and 筮 the sound.

Stroke order

Composed of

Used in vocabulary

to swallow; to engulf; to gobble up

to devour; to bite

bacteriophage; phage

to backfire on; to rebound on

phagocyte (cell that ingests and destroys foreign matter)

macrophage

吞噬作用tūnshìzuòyòng

(biology) phagocytosis