Meanings

eat, food

Radicals

食

Decomposition

⿱人良

Etymology

Pictographic: A dish of food 良 with a lid on top 人

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 diagonal right-to-left

3 vertical right-to-left

4 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

5 horizontal left-to-right

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

8 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

9 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ショク shoku

ジキ jiki

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

た ta

は ha

く ku

Words Using This Kanji

811 words total

ショク (5 words)

食しょく

food / eating

食品しょくひん

food / food products / groceries

食堂しょくどう

cafeteria / dining hall / restaurant

食物しょくもつ

food

拒食症きょしょくしょう

anorexia nervosa / eating disorder

Other (806 words)

食うくう

to eat

食むはむ

to eat (fodder, grass, etc.)

食すおす

to eat

食みはみ

eating (fodder, grass, etc.)

食いくい

eating

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