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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
- —栄養食highly nutritious food; healthy menu; nourishing meal
- —完了食solid food (as given to toddlers after they have been completely weaned)
- —幼児食food for young children (after completion of weaning)
- —立食会stand-up dinner party; buffet dinner party
- —軽食店snack bar; restaurant serving light meals
- —土食症geophagia; geophagy
- —生食用for raw consumption (of meat, shellfish, etc.)
- —洋食屋Western-style restaurant
- —洋食店Western-style restaurant
- —無塩食unsalted food; salt-free diet
- —食器室pantry
- —暴食家ravenous eater; glutton
- —耐食性corrosion resistance; erosion resistance; resistance to corrosion
- —居食屋eatery; restaurant
- —食屍鬼ghoul; corpse-eating demon
- —偏食家picky eater; fussy eater
- —食品学sitology; food science
- —金星食lunar occultation of Venus; occultation of Venus (by the Moon)
- —食虫花insectivorous flower; carnivorous flower; insectivorous plant; carnivorous plant
- —屍食鬼ghoul; corpse-eating demon