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食 – eat, food
9 strokesTaught in grade 2#328 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary
The kanji 食 means eat, food. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショク、ジキ (shoku, jiki); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is く.う、く.らう、た.べる、は.む (kuu, kurau, taberu, hamu). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 食 (no. 184).
Stroke order
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Readings
| Type | Reading | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| On’yomi | ショク | shoku |
| On’yomi | ジキ | jiki |
| Kun’yomi | く.う | kuu |
| Kun’yomi | く.らう | kurau |
| Kun’yomi | た.べる | taberu |
| Kun’yomi | は.む | hamu |
A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.
Radical and components
Radical: 食 (Kangxi radical 184).
Words using 食
食堂しょくどうdining room食べ物たべものfood食べるたべるto eat食事しょくじmeal (e.g. lunch, dinner)食料品しょくりょうひんfoodstuff食卓しょくたくdining table食品しょくひんfood食物しょくもつfood食欲しょくよくappetite (for food)食料しょくりょうfood食糧しょくりょうfood (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat)食うくうto eat昼食ちゅうしょくlunch食塩しょくえんtable salt食器しょっきtableware衣食住いしょくじゅうfood, clothing and shelter給食きゅうしょくprovision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.)定食ていしょくset meal主食しゅしょくstaple food食い違うくいちがうto not match well (e.g. at the seams)
Example sentences
私は角を曲がって、開店早々の食堂を見つけた。
I turned the corner and caught sight of a newly opened restaurant.
Kanji with the same radical
Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.