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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
- —有害食品harmful food
- —粗衣粗食simple life; frugal life
- —強化食品fortified foods
- —外食産業food service industry
- —草食動物herbivore
- —欠食児童schoolchild without lunch
- —食あたりfood poisoning
- —食肉植物carnivorous plants
- —食虫植物insectivorous plants; carnivorous plants
- —食物連鎖food chain
- —食料品商grocery store
- —食事療法medical diet; diet therapy; medical nutrition therapy
- —食糧事情food situation
- —暖衣飽食well-fed and well-dressed
- —食が進むto have a good appetite
- —お食事処(Japanese) restaurant
- —食が細るto lose one's appetite
- —食を断つto fast
- —夕食抜きwithout having supper
- —皆既月食total eclipse of the Moon