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Japanese symbol for “breakfast”

Romaji: choushoku
breakfast

In Japanese, breakfast is , read (choushoku).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. n breakfast

Kanji and stroke order

morning, dynasty, regime
on: チョウ
kun: あさ
12 strokes · JLPT 3
eat, food
on: ショク、ジキ
kun: く.う、く.らう、た.べる、は.む
9 strokes · JLPT 4

Other Japanese words for “breakfast”

WordReadingMeaning
あさ asabreakfast
あさめし asameshibreakfast
かゆ kayubreakfast (in Zen temples)
あさげ asagebreakfast
あさごはん asagohanbreakfast

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
あさひ asahimorning sun
そうちょう souchouearly morning
けさ kesathis morning
きたちょうせん kitachousenNorth Korea
まいあさ maiasaevery morning
しょくじ shokujimeal (e.g. lunch, dinner)
しょくひん shokuhinfood; food products; foodstuffs
たべもの tabemonofood

See also: Chinese symbol for “breakfast”.

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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