Japanese symbol for “lunch”
昼食
ちゅうしょく
Romaji: chuushoku
lunch; midday meal
In Japanese, lunch is 昼食, read ちゅうしょく (chuushoku).
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 lunch; midday meal
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “lunch”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| お昼 | おひる ohiru | lunch |
| 昼飯 | ひるめし hirumeshi | lunch; midday meal |
| ランチ | ランチ ranchi | lunch |
| 昼 | ひる hiru | lunch |
| 午餐 | ごさん gosan | lunch; luncheon |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 昼間 | ひるま hiruma | daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset |
| 昼寝 | ひるね hirune | (afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta |
| お昼 | おひる ohiru | lunch |
| 昼夜 | ちゅうや chuuya | day and night |
| 昼休み | ひるやすみ hiruyasumi | lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period |
| 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 |
See also: Chinese symbol for “lunch”.
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.