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食

9 strokes
Radical:
eat, food 食 (飠)
Parts:
食
eat, food
Kun:
く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
On:
ショク、 ジキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
328 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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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
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi2, si4
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

糧

18 strokes
Radical:
rice 米
Parts:
一 日 米 里
Variants:
粮
provisions, food, bread
Kun:
かて
On:
リョウ、 ロウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1354 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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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

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liang2
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

庁

5 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
一 亅 广
Variants:
廳 廰
government office
Kun:
やくしょ
On:
チョウ、 テイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
793 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 庁 【チョウ】 government office, agency, board
  • 庁舎 【チョウシャ】 government office building
  • 国税庁 【コクゼイチョウ】 National Tax Agency (Japan), national taxation agency (e.g. IRS)
  • 政庁 【セイチョウ】 government office

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ting1
Korean:
cheong

Spanish

  • oficina del gobierno
  • edificio público

Portuguese

  • escritório de governo

French

  • bureau du gouvernement
950 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
938 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
459 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1498 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1034 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
506 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
174 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
763 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
777 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
541 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
582 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3768 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1920 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2612 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
598 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9223 Morohashi
3034 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1603 New Nelson (John Haig)
591 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
635 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
837 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
553 2001 Kanji
3q2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
0022.1 Four corner code
1-36-03 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e81 Unicode hex code