Kanji 食 — "Eat"
Here is what 食 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Eat" stick.
Also means: Meal
How it is read
しょく, じき
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
く.う, く.らう, た.べる, は.む
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
This chocolate Umbrella looks really Good — you should definitely Eat it!
- 𠆢 Umbrella
An Umbrella that protects from rain. It stays above to shield us from the rain.
- 良 Good
One drop of magic potion (⼂) will transform a Stubborn child (艮) into a Good child.
Words that use 食
12 of 22 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 食べる たべる to eat (v.t.)
- 食う くう (male) (vulg.) to eat (v.t.)
- 食事 しょくじ meal
- 食べ物 たべもの food
- 給食 きゅうしょく school lunch, providing a meal
- 食堂 しょくどう cafeteria
- 食欲 しょくよく appetite (for food)
- 食品 しょくひん foodstuff, food products
- 定食 ていしょく fixed-price lunch, set meal, dinner
- 食料 しょくりょう food, provisions
- 食器 しょっき tableware, dishes
- 洋食 ようしょく Western dish
Want 食 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
