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That is not wrong, but weird to give as a first definition. The word "食" can mean either food or eclipse. In both cases it is read the same way; so I assume thi
by gizmo686 10y ago
That is not wrong, but weird to give as a first definition. The word "食" can mean either food or eclipse. In both cases it is read the same way; so I assume this happened because they did not have a symbol for eclipse so decided to use a homophone.
http://jisho.org/search/%E9%A3%9F http://jisho.org/search/%E9%A3%9F
- cynix 10y agoI thought the original character for eclipse is 蝕, but people got lazy and started using a more common character with the same pronunciation.