| 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) |
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
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
845 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 傷跡 【キズアト】 scar
- 傷害 【ショウガイ】 injury, inflicting bodily injury
- 殺傷 【サッショウ】 killing and wounding, bloodshed
- 脳挫傷 【ノウザショウ】 cerebral contusion
Kun reading compounds
- 傷 【きず】 wound, injury, cut, gash, bruise, scratch, scrape, scar, chip, crack, scratch, nick, flaw, defect, weakness, weak point, stain (on one's reputation), disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, (emotional) hurt, hurt feelings
- 傷跡 【きずあと】 scar
- 無傷 【むきず】 unhurt, uninjured, unwounded, unscathed, unharmed, flawless (e.g. gem), unblemished, undamaged, perfect (condition), spotless (e.g. reputation), faultless (e.g. performance), perfect (record), without failure, without defeat
- 古傷 【ふるきず】 old wound, scar, unpleasant past experience, painful memory, past misdeed
- 痛む 【いたむ】 to hurt, to ache, to feel a pain, to be injured, to be spoiled (e.g. food), to be damaged
- 痛める 【いためる】 to hurt, to injure, to cause pain, to harm, to damage, to spoil, to worry, to bother, to be grieved over, to afflict, to cause financial loss, to hurt one's pocket
Readings
- Korean:
- sang
Spanish
- herida
- daño
- lesión
- corte
- estar herido
- herir
Portuguese
- machucado
- ferido
- ferir
- danificar
- dor
- dano
- corte
- corte profundo
- cicatriz
- ponto fraco
French
- blessure
- faire mal
- abîmer
- douleur
- entaille
- cicatrice
- point faible
| 912 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 901 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 723 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 535 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1008 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1067 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 633 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 643 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 835 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 130 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 179 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 118 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 137 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1005 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1029 | Morohashi |
| 158 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 301 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 996 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1071 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 960 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2151 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a11.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-11 | SKIP code |
| 2822.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-93 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 50b7 | Unicode hex code |