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

Name Reading

Kana: じき
Romaji: jiki
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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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