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食 = 𠆢 + 良
食 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “eat”. It is built from 𠆢 (umbrella) and 良 (good). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1582. It appears as a component in 17 other characters in this index.
- Keyword
- eat
- RTK frame
- 1582
- Strokes
- 9
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ショク, ジキ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- く.う, く.らう, た.べる, は.む
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- food, есть
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 食 eat
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
Alternative decomposition
Characters that contain 食
- 飯 meal
- 飲 drink
- 飢 hungry
- 餓 starve
- 飾 decorate
- 餌 feed
- 館 bldg.
- 餅 mochi
- 養 foster
- 飽 sated
- 飼 domesticate
- 喰 ingest
- 餐 repast
- 饗 feast
- 蝕 eclipse
- 飴 sweets
- 饅 bean jam
How to find 食 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “umbrella” + “good”. 食 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 食 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.