Kanji details for 食
食
                            
                            
                        Common kanji
eat, food
                KUN: 
                - く.うku.u
 - く.らうku.rau
 - た.べるta.beru
 - は.むha.mu
 
ON: 
                - ショクshoku
 - ジキjiki
 
Nanori: 
            
                - ぐいgui
 
Radicals: 
            
        Example words(showing 1-10 of 812 results)
noun
1.
dining room, dining hall, cafeteria, canteen, messroom
2.
restaurant, eatery, snack bar, diner
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
1.
to eat
2.
to live on (e.g. a salary), to live off, to subsist on
Other readings:
                喰べる【たべる】[1]
                Notes:
                - word containing irregular kanji usage
 
noun
•
        
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat), provisions, rations, food supply
noun
1.
lunch, midday meal
2.
food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)(usu. 中食)
Other readings:
                昼食【ちゅうじき】
、昼食【ひるげ】
、中食【ちゅうじき】
、昼餉【ひるげ】