Readings

Kana: く.う、く.らう
Romaji: ku.u, ku.rau
Kana
Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: じき
Romaji: jiki
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

eat, drink, receive (a blow), (kokuji)

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  30
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-3-9
Korean Reading:  sig
Chinese Reading:  si4
Unicode:  55b0
JIS:  3674

Indexes

Halpern Index: 552
Nelson Index: 955
New Nelson Index: 849
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3d9.1
Four Corner Index: 6803.2
Japanese Names Index: 1832
Daikanwanjiten Index: 4015
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.1114
Remembering the kanji Index: 2182
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 507
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2298
Kodansha Kanji Index: 670

Words

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
漆食 (しっくい)
mortar; plaster; stucco
食らいつく (くらいつく)
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
人食い (ひとくい)
cannibalism; biting (someone); man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic
虫食い (むしくい)
worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff; willow wren
食らう (くらう)
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow)
食べる (たべる)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
稲根喰葉虫 (いねねくいはむし、イネネクイハムシ)
Donacia provostii (species of leaf beetle)
酢漿草 (かたばみ、カタバミ)
creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata); family crest shaped like creeping woodsorrel
電食 (でんしょく)
electrolytic corrosion
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