食 — eat, food, meal
しょく
食
eat
Grade 2
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
9 strokes
food
action
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
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).
しき ・じき shiki 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).
しょっ sho 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).
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.