| 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 junior high
JLPT level N2
908 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 汚水 【オスイ】 filthy water, sewage
- 汚職 【オショク】 corruption
- 防汚 【ボウオ】 antifouling, stain resistance, stain-proofing, anti-soiling
- 貪汚 【タンオ】 greed, corruption
Kun reading compounds
- 汚す 【よごす】 to pollute, to contaminate, to soil, to make dirty, to stain, to disgrace, to dishonour, to dishonor, to defile
- 汚れる 【けがれる】 to be violated, to be corrupted, to be polluted, to be stained
- 汚らわしい 【けがらわしい】 filthy, unfair, dirty, untouchable, disgusting, nasty, foul, odious, repulsive
- 汚す 【よごす】 to pollute, to contaminate, to soil, to make dirty, to stain, to disgrace, to dishonour, to dishonor, to defile
- 汚れる 【よごれる】 to get dirty, to become dirty, to become sullied, to become corrupted, to lose one's chastity
- 汚い 【きたない】 dirty, filthy, foul, unclean, disordered, messy, untidy, poor (e.g. handwriting), indecent (language, etc.), dirty, vulgar, coarse, dastardly, mean, base, underhanded, stingy, greedy
- 汚い戦争 【きたないせんそう】 Dirty War (period of state terrorism in Argentina; 1976-1983)
Readings
- Korean:
- o
Spanish
- sucio
- manchado
- manchar
- deshonrar
- ensuciar
- difamar
- obsceno
- ensuciarse
Portuguese
- sujo
- poluir
- desgraça
- estupro
- sujar
French
- sale
- polluer
- disgrâce
- profaner
- souiller
| 1031 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1246 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2494 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1531 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 666 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 693 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 706 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 907 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1158 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 258 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 163 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 196 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1253 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17133 | Morohashi |
| 222 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3047 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1245 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1334 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1083 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 352 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a3.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 1-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 3112.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6c5a | Unicode hex code |