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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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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
- —薬食同源proper diet and Chinese herbal medicine share the same principles
- —腐食動物saprovore; saprozoic organism; saprophagous animal; scavenger
- —多食亜目Polyphaga (suborder of beetles)
- —食糧銀行food bank
- —生鮮食品perishable foods; perishables
- —食欲低下loss of appetite; reduction in appetite; anorexia
- —美食主義epicurism
- —野戦糧食field ration; combat ration
- —軽飲食店cafe; eatery
- —食品ロスfood waste
- —捕食寄生parasitoidism
- —完全菜食vegan diet; plant-based diet
- —ケトン食ketogenic diet; keto-diet food
- —食欲の秋autumn, season of good appetite
- —自食作用autophagy
- —台湾素食Taiwanese vegetarian cuisine
- —肉食主義creophagism; creophagy; carnism
- —給食当番being responsible for school lunch distribution and clean-up
- —食品化学food chemistry
- —夜食テロdisplaying or posting images of appetizing food on social media, television, etc. late at night; late-night food terrorism