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飯

Kanji · JLPT N4 · Food and drink

飯 Meal, Boiled Rice

On'yomi Chinese-derived reading

はん

Mostly used when 飯 combines with other kanji in compound words.

Kun'yomi native Japanese reading

めし

Mostly used when 飯 stands alone.

Strokes
12
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary year 4
Frequency
#1046

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Kanji readings, meanings and frequency from KANJIDIC2, © Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. JLPT levels from Jonathan Waller's JLPT resources (CC BY).