Japanese symbol for “food”
食品
しょくひん
Romaji: shokuhin
food; food products; foodstuffs
In Japanese, food is 食品, read しょくひん (shokuhin).
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
- n food; food products; foodstuffs
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “food”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 食べ物 | たべもの tabemono | food |
| 食料 | しょくりょう shokuryou | food |
| 食 | しょく shoku | food; foodstuff |
| 食物 | しょくもつ shokumotsu | food; foodstuff |
| 料理 | りょうり ryouri | cooking; cookery; cuisine |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 食事 | しょくじ shokuji | meal (e.g. lunch, dinner) |
| 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 |
| 作品 | さくひん sakuhin | work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production |
| 商品 | しょうひん shouhin | commodity; article of commerce; goods |
| 製品 | せいひん seihin | manufactured goods; finished goods; product |
See also: Chinese symbol for “food”.
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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