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Kanji 食 - eat

Kanji 食 meaning and readings

Kanji 食 means eat. Onyomi readings are ショク (shoku) . Kunyomi readings are た (ta), く (ku).

JLPT N5Grade 2
Stroke order animation for kanji 食

Stroke order animation (9 strokes)

Stroke Order Diagram

Each box shows the kanji up to that stroke. Red dot indicates stroke start point.

Readings of 食

音On'yomi (音読み)

ショク(shoku)

訓Kun'yomi (訓読み)

た(ta)
く(ku)
Japanese kanji 食 in different fonts

食 in different fonts

Vocabulary with 食

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to eattaberu食べるたべる
mealshokuji食事しょくじ
Common words containing the kanji 食

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