decorate, ornament, adorn, embellish
飾 centers on adding beauty or refinement to something: decorating, ornamenting, adorning, or embellishing an object or surface.
飾 combines 飠 (food) with 巾 (cloth), suggesting the idea of decorating or adorning food or a surface with cloth-like embellishments. The exact historical development is uncertain, but the component combination likely reflects the concept of adding decorative elements.
Picture a chef using a cloth (巾) to decorate a plate of food (飠), adding elegant garnishes and ornaments to make the dish beautiful.
For ショク, imagine a chef giving the final decorative touch with a shock of color: shock -> ショク, and the food is now perfectly adorned.
to decorate; to ornament; to adorn
decoration; ornament; trimmings
ornament; decoration
clothing and accessories; attire
ornamentation; embellishment; decoration; adornment
embellishment (e.g. of a story); ornamentation; decoration
necklace; choker
jewels and ornaments; jewelry; jewellery
decoration; arrangement
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
ostentation; show; affectation
earring
ornament; decoration
to dress up
affectation; showiness; pretence
display shelf; display case
to put on airs; to be pretentious; to window-dress; to pretend
decorating shrines and gates with shimenawa ropes for the New Year
address modification
object modification