食 - N5 Kanji

Meaning of 食意味

eat, food

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食 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI　音読み

く.う ku.u
く.らう ku.rau
た.べる ta.beru
は.む ha.mu

KUNYOMI　訓読み

ショク shoku
ジキ jiki

Examples

あのレストランは毎日二千食準備している。

That restaurant prepares two thousand meals every day.

彼は飢えた者に食を与えた。

He furnished food to the hungry.

医者は彼女に厳しい規定食を勧めた。

The doctor ordered her to go on a strict diet.

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