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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)
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
- —衣食足りて礼節を知るwell-fed, well-bred; the poor can't afford manners; only when basic needs for living are met can people spare the effort to be polite
- —国際連合食糧農業機関Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- —国立医薬品食品衛生研究所National Institute of Health Sciences; NIHS
- —少食light eating; spare diet; not eating much
- —食慾appetite (for food)
- —麁食simple diet; plain food; simple food; frugal meal
- —う食dental caries; tooth decay
- —齲食dental caries; tooth decay
- —食甚maximum eclipse; maximum obscuration
- —坐食living in idleness
- —食編kanji "food" radical at left
- —孤食meal with family members eating separate foods; eating alone (without one's family)
- —こ食meal with family members eating separate foods; eating alone (without one's family); food sold in single servings
- —コ食eating only one's favourite food; having an unvarying diet; eating poorly
- —食奉stipend (usu. paid in kind); salary
- —少食家light eater
- —食中りfood poisoning
- —食当りfood poisoning
- —食靠れsitting heavy in one's stomach; remaining undigested
- —営養食highly nutritious food; healthy menu; nourishing meal