Japanese symbol for “feeding”
給餌
きゅうじ
Romaji: kyuuji
feeding (an animal)
In Japanese, feeding is 給餌, read きゅうじ (kyuuji).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs feeding (an animal)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “feeding”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 餌やり | えさやり esayari | feeding (animals); provisioning |
| 摂餌 | せつじ setsuji | feeding (esp. by animals) |
| 採餌 | さいじ saiji | feeding (by animals); food getting |
| 摂食 | せっしょく sesshoku | eating; feeding |
| 索餌 | さくじ sakuji | foraging; feeding |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 供給 | きょうきゅう kyoukyuu | supply; provision; service |
| 給料 | きゅうりょう kyuuryou | salary; wages; pay |
| 給与 | きゅうよ kyuuyo | pay; salary; wages |
| 補給 | ほきゅう hokyuu | supply; supplying; replenishment |
| 給食 | きゅうしょく kyuushoku | provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service |
| 時給 | じきゅう jikyuu | hourly pay; hourly wage |
| 餌食 | えじき ejiki | prey (i.e. of a predator); kill |
| 餌付け | えづけ ezuke | artificial feeding (of wild animals); accustoming (a wild animal) to accepting food from humans; hand-feeding |
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.