Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Character: 喫 Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 200, Entry 19 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun) and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) indicate the pronunciation is chi. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Collection (Yunhui) indicate the pronunciation is chi. The sound is chi. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it means to eat. According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), it means to consume or to eat. Du Fu in his Quatrains (Jueju) writes: When the plums are ripe, I will allow myself to eat them with old Zhu. Also, according to Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), it means to drink. Du Fu in his Poem Seeing Off Collator Li writes: Facing the wine, I cannot drink. According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), it is a variant form of the same character. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is sometimes written as a variant form (jiao). According to Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), it is also written as a variant form (ji). Furthermore, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced mai. It appears in the phrase chigou, meaning to argue forcefully. Also, it is pronounced jie. The meaning is the same.