食

食 — eat, food

JLPT: JLPT N5
Strokes: 9
Taught in: School year 2
Frequency: #328 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: しょく shoku

じき jiki
Kun'yomi: く.う ku.u

く.らう ku.rau

た.べる ta.beru

は.む ha.mu

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 食

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