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
- ショクshoku
- ジキjiki
Kun'yomi · Japanese
- くうkuu
- くらうkurau
- たべるtaberu
- はむhamu
Practise the N5 kanji
In 第2巻 JLPT N5, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.
Words that use 食 · 20 in our JLPT lists
| 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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| 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 |
Example sentence
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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