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食
JLPT N5 SL2 9 strokes Frequency: #328

Meanings

Eat, Food

Radicals

食

Decomposition

βΏ±δΊΊθ‰―

Etymology

Pictographic: A dish of foodΒ θ‰― with a lid on topΒ δΊΊ

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
γ‚Έγ‚­ jiki
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
は ha
く ku
た ta

Words Using This Kanji

813 words total
Other (20 words)
ζ²‘ι£Ÿε­ι…Έ もっしょくしさん

gallic acid

θ…ι£Ÿε‰€ ちしょくざい

corrosive agent

θ…ι£ŸιŠ…η‰ˆ ちしょくどうばん

copperplate etching

θ‚‰ι£Ÿζ€§ にくしょくせい

carnivorousness

θ‰ι£Ÿζ€§ そうしょくせい

herbivorous

不食 ちしょく

fasting

γƒγ‚«ι£Ÿγ„ バカぐい

binge eating

河食 かしょく

fluvial erosion

食人 γ—γ‚‡γγ˜γ‚“

cannibalism

ε›½ζ°‘ι£Ÿ こくみんしょく

food universally loved by all citizens

ζ™©ι£Ÿ ばんしょく

supper

ζ „ι€Šθ£œεŠ©ι£Ÿε“ γˆγ„γ‚ˆγ†γ»γ˜γ‚‡γ—γ‚‡γγ²γ‚“

nutritional supplement

η§‹θŒ„ε­γ―ε«γ«ι£Ÿγ‚γ™γͺ あきγͺγ™γ―γ‚ˆγ‚γ«γγ‚γ™γͺ

don't feed autumn eggplant to your wife (because they're too delicious, because they'll give her the chills, or because their lack of seeds will reduce her fertility)

γ‘γ‚“γ€γγ‚’ι£Ÿγ‚γ›γ‚‹ けん぀くをくわせる

to angrily reject

θ‰ι£Ÿη”·ε­ そうしょくだんし

man who doesn't adhere to traditional masculinity, esp. with women and careers

εΊ—η«‹γ¦γ‚’ι£Ÿγ† たγͺだてをくう

to be evicted

ζ–Žι£Ÿ γ•γ„γ˜γ

morning meal (for priests, monks, etc.)

ι£²ι£Ÿζ–™ε“ γ„γ‚“γ—γ‚‡γγ‚Šγ‚‡γ†γ²γ‚“

food and beverage

桷松食 みるくい

mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)

ι³©γŒθ±†ι‰„η ²γ‚’ι£Ÿγ£γŸγ‚ˆγ† γ―γ¨γŒγΎγ‚γ§γ£γ½γ†γ‚’γγ£γŸγ‚ˆγ†

like a pigeon who's been shot by a peashooter (i.e. wide-eyed in shock)