【食】(shoku, taberu, kuu/ eat, have) Japanese Kanji | JLPT N5

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In this time, I will introduce the Kanji character 食.

How to read

① Onyomi (Chinese reading)

The on-readings are
・しょく　shoku
・じき　jiki

For example,
・食事　しょくじ　shoku-ji
It means meal

・食料　しょくりょう　shoku-ryou
It means food

・朝食　ちょうしょく　chou-shoku
It means breakfast
・昼食　ちゅうしょく　chuu-shoku
It means lunch
・夕食　ゆうしょく　yuu-shoku
It means dinner
・夜食　やしょく　ya-shoku
It means midnight snack

・間食　かんしょく　kan-shoku
It means snacking

・外食　がいしょく　gai-shoku
It means eating out

・食品　しょくひん　shoku-hin
It means foodstuff

・食中毒　しょくちゅうどく　shoku-chuu-doku
It means food poisoning

・食堂　しょくどう　shoku-dou
It means dining hall, cafeteria

・食パン　しょくぱん　shoku-pan
It means bread in a rectangular shape

・食器　しょっき　shokki
It means tableware

・食券　しょっけん　shokken
It means meal ticket

and so on.

② Kunyomi (Japanese reading)

Next, the kun-readings are
・たべる　ta-beru
・くう　ku-u

For example,
・食べる　たべる　ta-beru
It means eat
This is a general expression

・食う　くう　ku-u
It means eat
This is an ungraceful expression.

・大食い　おおぐい　oo-gu-i
It means gluttony

・早食い　はやぐい　haya-gu-i
It means speed-eating

・食い違う　くいちがう　ku-i chiga-u
It means run counter to

and so on.

③ Special reading

Next is a special reading.
This kanji has no special reading.

Meanings

Next is the meaning of the kanji for "食".
・eat
・food
・meal

Radical

And the radical of this character is 食　taberu, shoku
This character itself is a radical, a basic character.

Family name

Next, I will introduce family name.
・安食　あじき　ajiki

Personal name

There are no specific well-known personal names using the Kanji for 食

Look-alikes

Here is a kanji that is similar to 食
・倉　そう、くら　sou, kura
It means wearhouse

Containing its kanji

Here are some kanji that contain character 食 in their composition
・飲　いん、のむ　in, no-mu
It means drink

・飢　き、うえる　ki, u-eru
It means hungry

・飯　はん、めし、いい　han, meshi, ii
It means rice, food

・飼　し、かう　shi, ka-u
It means have (pets, animals)

・飾　しょく、かざる　shoku, kaza-ru
It means decorate

・飽　ほう、あきる　hou, a-kiru
It means lose interest in

・餌　じ、えさ　ji, esa
It means feed

・養　よう、やしなう　you, yashina-u
It means cultivate

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