Japanese symbol for “meal”
食事
しょくじ
Romaji: shokuji
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner)
In Japanese, meal is 食事, read しょくじ (shokuji).
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, vi, vs meal (e.g. lunch, dinner)
- n diet
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “meal”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 粉 | こな kona | flour; meal; powder |
| 飯 | めし meshi | meal; food |
| 食 | しょく shoku | meal; portion |
| ご飯 | ごはん gohan | meal |
| ミール | ミール miiru | meal (ground grain) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 仕事 | しごと shigoto | work; job; labor |
| 事件 | じけん jiken | event; affair; incident |
| 記事 | きじ kiji | article; news story; report |
See also: Chinese symbol for “meal”.
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.