This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: タン、く.う、くらわ.す
Romaji: tan, ku.u, kurawa.su
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

eat

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  30
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-3-8
Korean Reading:  dam
Chinese Reading:  dan4
Unicode:  5556
JIS:  5337

Indexes

Nelson Index: 933
New Nelson Index: 819
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3d8.10
Four Corner Index: 6908.9
Daikanwanjiten Index: 3824
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.1064

Words

健啖 (けんたん)
gluttony; voracity
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
啖呵を切る (たんかをきる)
to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)
健啖家 (けんたんか)
glutton; gormandizer; gormandiser
啖呵 (たんか)
caustic words
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