| 1621 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2834 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1160 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1131 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2610 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1808 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 40164 | Morohashi |
| 2107 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6215 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2332 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1367 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
1761 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 釜山 【プサン】 Busan (South Korea), Pusan
- 釜中の魚 【フチュウノウオ】 fish in a pot about to be boiled, person who is blissfully unaware of deadly danger
Kun reading compounds
- 釜 【かま】 iron pot, kettle
- 釜揚げうどん 【かまあげうどん】 straight-from-the-pot udon, udon noodles pulled straight from the pot and served in the hot water used for boiling (traditionally without being soaked in cold water), eaten by dipping in sauce
- お釜 【おかま】 pot, (volcanic) crater, buttocks, effeminate gay man, male transvestite, (preoperative) transgender woman, (gay) male prostitute
- 一つ釜 【ひとつかま】 one or the same pot, eating or living together
Readings
- Korean:
- bu
Spanish
- caldero
- cacerola
- olla
Portuguese
French
| 2o8.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-8 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-6 | SKIP code |
| 8010.9 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 91dc | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
1046 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 飯店 【ハンテン】 Chinese restaurant
- 飯切 【ハンギリ】 flat-bottomed wooden bowl for preparing sushi rice
- 米飯 【ベイハン】 cooked rice
- 赤飯 【セキハン】 red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
Kun reading compounds
- 飯 【めし】 cooked rice, meal, food, one's living, livelihood
- 飯売女 【めしうりおんな】 maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)
- 握り飯 【にぎりめし】 onigiri, rice ball
- 冷や飯 【ひやめし】 cold rice, hanger-on, dependent, disgraced former actor
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 いい、 いり、 え
- Korean:
- ban
Spanish
- comida
- arroz cocido
Portuguese
- refeição
- arroz cozido
French
- repas
- riz bouilli
| 696 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 594 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 565 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1083 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5158 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 768 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 279 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1964 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.12 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 325 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 325 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 604 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1904 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2126 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1110 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1509 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1485 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 44064P | Morohashi |
| 1691 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6679 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1473 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1583 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 597 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2867 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8b4.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 8174.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-51 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 98ef | Unicode hex code |