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 <WL>吃 [chī] eat; 吃饭 eat (a meal); 吃水 drink; 口吃 stutter  [qī] (象声) 吃吃 giggling@@  [jí] (旧读) 謇吃 (口吃)
-From 口 (kǒu) ‘mouth’ and 乞(􀃳气) qǐ ‘beg’ (乞丐) (phonetic).
+The character 吃 chī ‘swallow/eat/drink’ combines 口 (kǒu) ‘mouth’, and 乞(􀃳气) qǐ ‘beg for food (乞丐)’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 喫, cf. 齧(􀕻).
-	The old meaning of 吃(􀎵𠯏) was ‘stutter’ (and in that sense it was read jí); 吃 chī ‘eat’ was written 齧/喫 (HDZ).
+	Note: Formerly 吃 jí/chī ‘stutter’ (SW); in modern usage 吃 chī ‘consume/ingest food/drink’ (吃水, 吃茶, 吃酒); 吸 ‘absorb’.
-	The meaning ‘drink’ is found in a few modern compounds: 吃水, 吃茶, 吃酒; HDZ gives the 3rd meaning as ‘consume/ingest food/drink’, and a subsequent meaning 吸 ‘absorb/etc.’.
+	The Shuōwén Seal form of 吃(􀎵𠯏) jí/chī ‘stutter’ combines 口 (kǒu) ‘mouth’, and 乞(􀃳气) qì ‘air’ (phonosemantic).
+	Compare: 旡(􁟯𠑸􁟮㒫) jì ‘choke’; 欠(􁞝) qiàn ‘breathe/yawn’ (哈欠).
 	Compare: 食/飼 shí/sì ‘eat/feed’; 𫜩(􀕻齧) niè, 噬(􀍟簭) shì ‘bite’ (syn. 啗/食 in SW).
 	HDZ: 吃 : chī : 说话结结巴巴不流利, (旧读) jí; 行动迟缓艰难; 吞咽食物、饮料 (吃饭, 吃酒); (围棋) 除去对方之子; (旧) 赌博用语; 吸 (吸烟, 这道林纸不吃墨); 耗费 (吃劲, 吃力); 承受, 接受; (介词) 被, 让 • qī : (象声) “吃吃”, 笑声