Japanese symbol for “cud”

食い戻し

くいもどし

Romaji: kuimodoshi

rumination; cud

In Japanese, cud is 食い戻し, read くいもどし (kuimodoshi).

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Meanings

n rumination; cud

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

戻

re-, return, revert

on: レイ
kun: もど.す、もど.る

7 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
戻す	もどす modosu	to put back; to return; to give back
戻し	もどし modoshi	returning; giving back

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.