| 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, to consume 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 swallow, to take (medicine), to smoke (tobacco), to swallow up, to engulf, to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.), to keep down, to hold back, to swallow (one's tears), to catch (one's breath), to accept (a demand, conditions, etc.), to agree to, to make light of (someone), to think nothing of, to overwhelm, to overawe, to carry (a concealed dagger, etc.), to conceal (up one's sleeve, etc.)
- 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 |