食 — kanji meaning “eat”
食
eat, food
- Meanings
- eat, food
- On'yomi
- ショク (shoku)、ジキ (jiki)
- Kun'yomi
- く.う、く.らう、た.べる、は.む
- Name readings
- ぐい
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 2
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #328 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 184
- Chinese reading
- shí, sì — Chinese character page
Words with 食
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 朝食 | ちょうしょく choushoku | breakfast |
| 食堂 | しょくどう shokudou | dining room; dining hall; cafeteria |
| 夕食 | ゆうしょく yuushoku | evening meal; dinner |
| 給食 | きゅうしょく kyuushoku | provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service |
| 昼食 | ちゅうしょく chuushoku | lunch; midday meal |
| 食欲 | しょくよく shokuyoku | appetite (for food) |
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