食 — eat, food

JLPT: N5 · Strokes: 9

Meaning
eat, food
On-yomi (音読み)
ショク
Kun-yomi (訓読み)
た(べる)
Stroke count
9

On-yomi is the Chinese-derived reading used in compound words. Kun-yomi is the native Japanese reading used when the kanji stands alone. Study more N5 kanji or grammar topics.