食 — eat, food, meal
しょく
食
eat
しょく
U+98DF
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #328
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1472
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Radical #184 · 飠
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Meanings
- eat
- food
- meal
Readings
- On'yomi
- しょく shoku じき jiki
- Kun'yomi
- く ku た ta は ha
word
しょく shoku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
じき jiki On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
く ku Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
た ta Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Words by frequency and grade
56 wordsEach dot is a word containing 食: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 26 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Appears in idioms
Components
Atomic component This kanji has no further breakdown — it's a primitive building block used to compose others.
Used as component in (1)
Pictographic (象形). 𠆢 (umbrella/lid) over 良 (good). A cover over something good — food. Eat, food.