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: ショク、ジキ、く.う、く.らう、た.べる、は.む
Romaji: shoku, jiki, ku.u, ku.rau, ta.beru, ha.mu
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Name Reading

Kana: ぐい
Romaji: gui
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Meanings

eat, food

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  184
Frequency:  328
Grade:  2
Skip Pattern:  2-2-7
Korean Reading:  sa
Chinese Reading:  si4
Unicode:  98df
JIS:  3F29

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2075
Nelson Index: 5154
New Nelson Index: 6674
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 8b0.1
Four Corner Index: 8073.2
Guide to Remembering Index: 146
Gakken Index: 269
Japanese Names Index: 1159
Daikanwanjiten Index: 44014
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0371
Remembering the kanji Index: 1472
Busy People Index: 2.13
Kanji Way Index: 207
Kanji Flashcards Index: 99
Kodansha Compact Index: 1900
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 163
Kanji in Context Index: 131
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1316
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1787
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1484
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1582
Essential Kanji Index: 283
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2578
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2865
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 253
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 180

Words

(しょく)
meal; (one's) diet; food; foodstuff; foodstuffs; eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.)
食事 (しょくじ)
meal; to eat
食べ物 (たべもの)
food
食材 (しょくざい)
ingredient; foodstuff
給食 (きゅうしょく)
provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service
食べる (たべる)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
飲食 (いんしょく)
food and drink; eating and drinking
食い物 (くいもの)
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
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
食らう (くらう)
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow)
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