| 3443 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 3366 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 26509X | Morohashi |
| 4321 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2631 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2675 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 箪笥 【タンス】 chest of drawers, bureau, cabinet, tansu, dresser
- 箪食 【タンシ】 bamboo dish of rice
- 瓢箪 【ヒョウタン】 calabash (Lagenaria siceraria), bottle gourd, gourd (container), calabash
- 青瓢箪 【アオビョウタン】 green calabash, unripe gourd, scrawny, pale person, sallow-faced person
Readings
- Korean:
- dan
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 6f12.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-9 | SKIP code |
| 8850.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-29 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7baa | 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 |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 瓠 【フクベ】 Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd), gourd (container) made from its fruit, Lagenaria siceraria var. depressa (variety of bottle gourd)
- 瓠 【ヒサゴ】 gourd, calabash, bottle gourd, dried gourd, used as flask
Kun reading compounds
- 瓠 【ひさご】 gourd, calabash, bottle gourd, dried gourd, used as flask
- 瓠 【ふくべ】 Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd), gourd (container) made from its fruit, Lagenaria siceraria var. depressa (variety of bottle gourd)
Readings
- Korean:
- pyo
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 2975 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2668 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2356 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1657 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 21419X | Morohashi |
| 3688 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2911 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2920 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4e12.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-11-6 | SKIP code |
| 1293.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-27 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 74e2 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
969 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 飲 【イン】 drinking (sometimes esp. alcohol), drink, drinking party
- 飲酒 【インシュ】 drinking alcohol
- 暴飲 【ボウイン】 heavy drinking
- 愛飲 【アイイン】 drinking habitually, being fond of (a drink)
- 飲食 【インショク】 food and drink, eating and drinking
- 飲酒 【オンジュ】 consumption of alcohol (as prohibited by one of the Buddhist precepts), Buddhist precept prohibiting the consumption of alcohol
Kun reading compounds
- 飲む 【のむ】 to drink, to gulp, to swallow, to take (medicine), to smoke (tobacco), to engulf, to overwhelm, to keep down, to suppress, to accept (e.g. demand, condition), to make light of, to conceal
- 飲む打つ買う 【のむうつかう】 drinking, gambling, and buying women in prostitution
Readings
- Korean:
- eum
Spanish
- beber
Portuguese
- beber
- fumar
- tomar
French
- boire
- fumer
- prendre
| 351 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 250 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 230 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 935 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5159 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 489 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 100 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2.14 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 323 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 323 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 132 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1903 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2127 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1111 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1510 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1486 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 44063P | Morohashi |
| 1692 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6680 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1474 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1584 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 388 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2862 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8b4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 8778.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-16-91 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 98f2 | Unicode hex code |