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食 kanji
eat, food
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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On readings
ショクジキ
Kun readings
くうくらうたべるはむ
Variant forms
飠Words with 食
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —腐食薬caustic; corrosive agent; etching reagent; escharotic
- —食糧法Law for Stabilization of Supply, Demand and Prices of Staple Food
- —肉食魚carnivorous fish
- —波食棚wave-cut platform; abrasion platform; coastal bench
- —波食台wave-cut platform; abrasion platform; coastal bench
- —海食棚wave-cut platform; abrasion platform; coastal bench
- —給食係lunch monitor; student responsible for school lunch distribution and clean-up
- —野戦食field ration
- —行動食high-energy food (when hiking, etc.); backpacking food; provisions; rations
- —食人族cannibals; cannibal tribe
- —補給食dietary supplement (for sports); energy supplement; nutritional supplement
- —携行食packed meal; packed food; packed lunch; bag lunch
- —美食学gastronomy
- —陣中食field ration (Sengoku period)
- —朝夕食breakfast and dinner
- —食事処restaurant (esp. in a hotel or inn); dining hall; dining room
- —食料庫food storage; provision store; pantry
- —可食部edible part
- —定食屋restaurant that only serves set meals
- —食糧難food shortage; food scarcity; difficulty of obtaining food