Japanese symbol for “carnivores”

食肉類

しょくにくるい

Romaji: shokunikurui

carnivores (i.e. animals of the order Carnivora)

In Japanese, carnivores is 食肉類, read しょくにくるい (shokunikurui).

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Meanings

n carnivores (i.e. animals of the order Carnivora) (zool)

Kanji and stroke order

食

eat, food

on: ショク、ジキ
kun: く.う、く.らう、た.べる、は.む

9 strokes · JLPT 4

肉

meat

on: ニク
kun: しし

6 strokes · JLPT 3

類

sort, kind, variety

on: ルイ
kun: たぐ.い

18 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
食事	しょくじ shokuji	meal (e.g. lunch, dinner)
食品	しょくひん shokuhin	food; food products; foodstuffs
食べ物	たべもの tabemono	food
食料	しょくりょう shokuryou	food
食べる	たべる taberu	to eat
食う	くう kuu	to eat
筋肉	きんにく kinniku	muscle
肉体	にくたい nikutai	the body; the flesh; the outer man
種類	しゅるい shurui	variety; kind; type

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.