| 829 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 811 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 757 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1280 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1286 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 459 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 285 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 990 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1027 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1252 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 465 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2699 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1377 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1863 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1672 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7067 | Morohashi |
| 2175 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1309 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1656 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1785 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 839 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
eaves, roof, house, heaven
- On:
- ウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
883 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 宇 【ウ】 Ukraine
- 宇 【ウ】 counter for buildings, roofs, tents, etc.
- 大宇 【ダイウ】 Daewoo (car company)
- 航宇 【コウウ】 aerospace
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いえ、 たか、 ひろ、 ひろし
- Korean:
- u
Spanish
- edificio grande
- cielo
- sensación
Portuguese
- Beira de telhado
- teto
- casa
- paraíso
French
- firmament
- cieux
- auvent
- toit
- maison
| 747 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3m3.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 3040.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-07 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b87 | Unicode hex code |
mid-air, air, space, sky, memorization, interval of time
- On:
- チュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1005 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 宙 【チュウ】 space, air, midair, (from) memory, (by) heart
- 宙返り 【チュウガエリ】 somersault, looping-the-loop
- 小宇宙 【ショウウチュウ】 microcosmos, microcosm
- 大宇宙 【ダイウチュウ】 macrocosmos, macrocosm, the universe, the cosmos
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ひろ、 ゆ
- Korean:
- ju
Spanish
- en el aire
- espacio
- cielo
- firmamento
Portuguese
- aéreo
- ar
- espaço
- céu
- memorização
- intervalo de tempo
French
- plein ciel
- air
- espace
- mémorisation
- intervalle de temps
| 947 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 935 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 993 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1291 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1303 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 463 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 673 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 991 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1028 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1253 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 472 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2761 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1413 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1907 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1118 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7108 | Morohashi |
| 2221 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1318 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1109 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1190 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 868 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 776 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3m5.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 3060.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-72 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5b99 | Unicode hex code |
食
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
328 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 食 【ショク】 food, foodstuff, eating, appetite, meal, portion
- 食 【ショク】 eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.), occultation
- 飽食 【ホウショク】 eating until one is full, eating one's fill, gorging (on), satiation, having adequate food, having all one needs (for daily living), plenty
- 会食 【カイショク】 eating together, dining together, having a meal together
- 食 【ショク】 food, foodstuff, eating, appetite, meal, portion
- 食堂 【ジキドウ】 dining hall (at a temple)
- 断食 【ダンジキ】 fasting, fast
- 斎食 【サイジキ】 morning meal (for priests, monks, etc.), food offering at a Buddhist ceremony
Kun reading compounds
- 食う 【くう】 to eat, to live, to make a living, to survive, to bite, to sting (as insects do), to tease, to torment, to taunt, to make light of, to make fun of, to encroach on, to eat into, to consume, to defeat a superior, to threaten a position, to consume time and-or resources, to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event), to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time
- 食うや食わず 【くうやくわず】 (living) from hand to mouth, living on the fringe of subsistence
- 食らう 【くらう】 to eat, to drink, to wolf, to knock back, to receive (e.g. a blow), to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable), to undergo (trouble)
- 食べる 【たべる】 to eat, to live on (e.g. a salary), to live off, to subsist on
- 食べるラー油 【たべるラーゆ】 chili oil mixed with chopped garlic, onions, etc.
- 食む 【はむ】 to eat (fodder, grass, etc.), to receive (a salary), to receive a stipend from one's lord
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ぐい
- Korean:
- sig, sa
Spanish
- alimento
- comida
- eclipse
- comer
Portuguese
- comer
- comida
- alimento
French
- manger
- nourriture
| 253 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 163 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 146 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 269 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5154 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 283 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 99 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1159 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.13 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 322 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 322 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 131 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1900 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2578 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1316 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1787 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1484 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 44014 | Morohashi |
| 2075 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6674 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1472 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1582 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 207 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 180 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2865 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8b0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 8073.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-09 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 98df | Unicode hex code |