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食
JLPT N5 SL2 9 strokes Frequency: #120

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

805 words total
ショク (6 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

洋食 ようしょく

Western-style food / Western cuisine

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た (4 words)
食べる たべる

to eat / consume

食べ物 たべもの

food / edible items / provisions

食べ過ぎる たべすぎる

to eat too much / overeat

食べまくる たべまくる

eat a lot / gorge on / pig out

Other (795 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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