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: ハン、めし
Romaji: han, meshi
Kana
Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: い、いい、いり、え
Romaji: i, ii, iri, e
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

meal, boiled rice

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  184
Frequency:  1046
Grade:  4
Skip Pattern:  1-8-4
Korean Reading:  ban
Chinese Reading:  fan4
Unicode:  98ef
JIS:  4853

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1691
Nelson Index: 5158
New Nelson Index: 6679
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 8b4.5
Four Corner Index: 8174.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 565
Gakken Index: 1083
Japanese Names Index: 1964
Daikanwanjiten Index: 44064P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0387
Remembering the kanji Index: 1473
Busy People Index: 3.12
Kanji Flashcards Index: 279
Kodansha Compact Index: 1904
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 594
Kanji in Context Index: 604
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1110
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1509
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1485
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1583
Essential Kanji Index: 768
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2126
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2867
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 696
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 597

Words

(めし)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's livelihood
(いい)
cooked rice
飯店 (はんてん)
Chinese restaurant
大飯 (おおめし)
large meal; large meals
米飯 (べいはん)
cooked rice
(まんま、まま)
cooked rice
ご飯 (ごはん)
cooked rice; meal
飯綱 (いづな)
a type of fox spirit
炊飯 (すいはん)
rice cooking; to cook rice
茶飯事 (さはんじ)
commonly occurring thing; commonplace event; bread and butter item
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