Japanese symbol for “foodstuffs”

食品

しょくひん

Romaji: shokuhin

food; food products; foodstuffs

In Japanese, foodstuffs is 食品, read しょくひん (shokuhin).

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Meanings

n food; food products; foodstuffs

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

品

goods, refinement, dignity

on: ヒン、ホン
kun: しな

9 strokes · JLPT 3

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

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.