KanjiN5Grade 2 · 小29 strokesRadical 食#328 in newspapers

食 · eat, food

食 is a kanji meaning eat, food. It has 9 strokes and is on the JLPT N5 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

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Words that use 食
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
食堂しょくどう	しょくどう	cafeteria, dining hall	N5
食べ物たべもの	たべもの	food	N5
食べるたべる	たべる	to eat	N5
食料品しょくりょうひん	しょくりょうひん	foodstuff, groceries	N4
食事しょくじ	しょくじ	meal	N4
食卓しょくたく	しょくたく	dining table	N3

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More words that use 食
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
食品しょくひん	しょくひん	foodstuff	N3
食物しょくもつ	しょくもつ	food, foodstuff	N3
食欲しょくよく	しょくよく	appetite (for food)	N3
食料しょくりょう	しょくりょう	food	N3
食糧しょくりょう	しょくりょう	provisions, rations	N3
食うくう	くう	(male) (vulg.) to eat	N3
昼食ちゅうしょく	ちゅうしょく	lunch (same as 昼ご飯 (ひるごはん))	N3
衣食住いしょくじゅう	いしょくじゅう	food, clothing and shelter	N2
食塩しょくえん	しょくえん	table salt	N2
食器しょっき	しょっき	tableware	N2
給食きゅうしょく	きゅうしょく	school lunch, providing a meal	N1
食い違うくいちがう	くいちがう	to cross each other, to differ	N1
定食ていしょく	ていしょく	fixed-price lunch, set meal, dinner	N1
主食しゅしょく	しゅしょく	staple food	N1

昨夜カレーを食べた。

ゆうべカレーをたべた

I had curry and rice last night.

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #169688 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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