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食

N5

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • eat
  • food

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ショク
  • ジキ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • く.う
  • く.らう
  • た.べる
  • は.む
Strokes
9
JLPT Level
N5
Frequency
#420
School Grade
Grade 2
Radical
食#184 · eat

Components

Common Words

  • 食塩しょくえんNountable salt
  • 食器しょっきNountableware
  • 食後しょくごAdverbafter a meal
  • 食事しょくじNounmeal (e.g. lunch, dinner)
  • 食卓しょくたくNoundining table
  • 食堂しょくどうNoundining room, dining hall, cafeteria, canteen, messroom
  • 食道しょくどうNounesophagus, oesophagus, gullet
  • 食肉しょくにくNounmeat (for consumption)

Practice in Kanjiru

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