飯 – meal, boiled rice

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The kanji 飯 means meal, boiled rice. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ハン (han); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is めし (meshi). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 食 (no. 184).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ハン	han
Kun’yomi	めし	meshi

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). Components: 食・又・厂.

Words using 飯

御飯ごはんcooked rice夕飯ゆうはんevening meal朝御飯あさごはんbreakfast晩御飯ばんごはんdinner昼御飯ひるごはんlunch飯めしcooked rice昼飯ひるめしlunch

Example sentences

ご飯とパンどちらがいいですか。

Which do you prefer, rice or bread?

Tatoeba #217034

友達にご飯をおごってもらった。

My friends treated me to a meal.

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私は昨日夕飯を作った。

I cooked supper last night.

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Kanji with the same radical

食館養飲飾飼飢飽餅餌飴饉

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