Moto 食: Eat; FoodKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ショク、ジキ
- Kun'yomi
- く(う)、く(らう)、た(べる)、は(む)
- Level
- JLPT N5Jōyō, grade 2
- Words
- 1,008 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ショク・ジキ)
- 食事しょくじmeal; dinner
- 食品しょくひんfood; food products
- 食料しょくりょうfood
- 食糧しょくりょうfood (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions
- 昼食ちゅうしょくlunch; midday meal
- 夕食ゆうしょくevening meal; dinner
- 給食きゅうしょくprovision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal
- 飲食いんしょくfood and drink; eating and drinking
- 食しょくfood; foodstuff
- 朝食ちょうしょくbreakfast
- 食堂しょくどうdining room; dining hall
- 食料品しょくりょうひんfoodstuff; groceries
- 食生活しょくせいかつeating habits
- 外食がいしょくeating out; dining out
- 食卓しょくたくdining table
- 食管法しょっかんほうlaw governing food quality
- 食糧庁しょくりょうちょうfood agency
- 食物しょくもつfood; foodstuff
- 食用しょくようfor use as food; edible
- 食器しょっきtableware
- 食欲しょくよくappetite (for food)
- 主食しゅしょくstaple food
- 食道しょくどうesophagus; gullet
- 食費しょくひfood expense
- 健康食品けんこうしょくひんhealth foods
- 食肉しょくにくmeat (for consumption)
- 和食わしょくJapanese food; Japanese-style meal
- 食塩しょくえんtable salt
- 食品添加物しょくひんてんかぶつfood additive
- 会食かいしょくdining together; mess
- 断食だんじきfasting; fast
- 食中毒しょくちゅうどくfood poisoning
- 定食ていしょくset meal; special (of the day)
- 日食にっしょくsolar eclipse
- 試食ししょくsampling food; tasting
- 食後しょくごafter a meal
- 飽食ほうしょくgluttony; satiation
- 洋食ようしょくWestern cooking; Western-style meal
- 三食さんしょくthree meals (a day)
- 乞食こじきbeggar
- 二食にしょくtwo meals; (eating) two meals a day
- 侵食しんしょくencroachment
- 偏食へんしょくunbalanced diet
- 冷凍食品れいとうしょくひんfrozen food
- 副食ふくしょくside dish; supplementary food
- 夜食やしょくsupper; night meal
- 大食たいしょくgluttony
- 寝食しんしょくbed and food; eating and sleeping
- 小食しょうしょくlight eating; spare diet
- 常食じょうしょくdaily food; regular diet
- 弱肉強食じゃくにくきょうしょくsurvival of the fittest; the law of the jungle
- 拒食症きょしょくしょうanorexia
- 暴食ぼうしょくovereating; gluttony
- 月食げっしょくlunar eclipse
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 食べ物たべものfood
- 食い違いくいちがいdiscrepancy; different or conflicting opinions
- 食い込むくいこむto bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into
- 人食いひとくいcannibalism; biting (someone)
- 共食いともぐいcannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other
- 利食いりぐいprofit-taking
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Kanji that often appear with 食
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