食
Kanji · JLPT N5 · Food and drink
食 Eat, Food
On'yomi Chinese-derived reading
しょく、じき
Mostly used when 食 combines with other kanji in compound words.
Kun'yomi native Japanese reading
くう、くらう、たべる、はむ
Mostly used when 食 stands alone; the lighter kana are written after the kanji.
- Strokes
- 9
- JLPT
- N5
- Taught in
- Primary year 2
- Frequency
- #328
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