| 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 N1
1354 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 糧 【カテ】 food, provisions, nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.), sustenance (e.g. of one's life), source of encouragement
- 糧食 【リョウショク】 provisions
- 衣糧 【イリョウ】 food and clothing
- 口糧 【コウリョウ】 rations
- 兵糧 【ヒョウロウ】 (army) provisions, food
Kun reading compounds
- 糧 【かて】 food, provisions, nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.), sustenance (e.g. of one's life), source of encouragement
- 日々の糧 【ひびのかて】 one's daily bread
- 心の糧 【こころのかて】 food for thought
Readings
- Korean:
- ryang
Spanish
- comestibles
- provisiones
- alimento
Portuguese
- provisões
- comida
- pão
French
- provisions
- vivres
- nourriture
- pain
| 1912 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1375 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3490 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1552 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1616 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1704 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1820 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1282 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1502 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1800 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 957 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1294 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 935 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27132 | Morohashi |
| 1421 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4426 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 926 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 995 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1900 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1072 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6b12.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-12 | SKIP code |
| 9691.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-40 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7ce7 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
18 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 事 【ジ】 individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)
- 事業 【ジギョウ】 business, enterprise, venture, (commercial) activity, (business) operation, industry, (social) project, undertaking, enterprise, work, activity, program, service
- 商事 【ショウジ】 commercial affairs
- 有事 【ユウジ】 emergency
Kun reading compounds
- 事 【こと】 thing, matter, incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis, circumstances, situation, state of affairs, work, business, affair, after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to, nominalizing suffix, pretending to ..., playing make-believe ..., alias, also known as, otherwise known as, or, necessity, need, you should ..., I advise that you ..., it's important to ...
- 事柄 【ことがら】 matter, thing, affair, circumstance
- 神事 【しんじ】 Shinto ritual
- いい事 【いいこと】 good thing, nice thing, good excuse, good grounds, good opportunity, interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
- 仕える 【つかえる】 to serve, to work for, to attend
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ろ
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- cosa
- hecho
- asunto
- acción
Portuguese
- matéria
- coisa
- fato
- negócios
- razão
- possivelmente
French
- fait
- chose
- matière
- affaire
- raison
- peut-être
| 230 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 309 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 293 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 32 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 272 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 73 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 108 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 768 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 80 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 80 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 237 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 30 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4384 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2220 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2986 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1164 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 241 | Morohashi |
| 3567 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 71 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1156 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1240 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 10 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 300 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1547 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a8.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-8-3 | SKIP code |
| 5000.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-86 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e8b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
235 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 情 【ジョウ】 feelings, emotion, sentiment, compassion, sympathy, passion, affection, love, the way things really are, the actual situation
- 情感 【ジョウカン】 feeling, sensitivity, emotion
- 風情 【フゼイ】 taste, elegance, charm, appearance, air, the likes of ..., lowly people such as ...
- 内情 【ナイジョウ】 internal conditions, true state of affairs
- 傾城 【ケイセイ】 beauty, siren, courtesan, prostitute
Kun reading compounds
- 情け 【なさけ】 pity, sympathy, compassion, mercy, affection, love
- 情けない 【なさけない】 miserable, pitiable, shameful, deplorable, pathetic
- 恋情 【れんじょう】 love, attachment, lovesickness
- 裏情 【うらなさけ】 inner affection
Readings
- Korean:
- jeong
Spanish
- sentimientos
- emoción
- simpatía
Portuguese
- sentimentos
- emoção
- paixão
- simpatia
- circunstâncias
- fatos
French
- sentiments
- émotion
- passion
- compassion
- circonstances
- faits
| 643 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 741 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 719 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 286 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1714 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 334 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 543 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 209 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 209 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 654 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 819 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 583 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 353 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 439 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1551 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10756P | Morohashi |
| 482 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1898 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1537 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1657 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 183 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 738 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1146 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4k8.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 1-1-10 | SKIP code |
| 9502.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-80 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 60c5 | Unicode hex code |