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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
- —無食欲anorexia
- —洋食器Western tableware; dinnerware
- —洋食化Westernization of food; Westernization of dietary habits
- —固形食solid food; solids
- —飲食業restaurant industry; restaurant business; catering industry
- —食事券meal ticket; meal voucher
- —試食品free food sample
- —防衛食defense rations
- —生菜食raw veganism; raw foodism
- —惑星食lunar occultation of a planet
- —食リポfood review (on TV, social media, etc.); food reportage
- —和食店Japanese restaurant
- —行事食festive food; food associated with a particular seasonal celebration
- —和食屋Japanese restaurant
- —軽飲食snack; light meal and drink
- —重飲食full-scale eating and drinking (cf. lighter fare usu. served in cafes)
- —完全食nutritionally complete food (e.g. meal replacement); food product or meal that provides all the nutrients needed for good health
- —回復食convalescent diet
- —飲食街arcade with bars and restaurants
- —海食柱stack; sea stack