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喰 = 口 + 食

喰 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “ingest”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 食 (eat). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2298.

Keyword
ingest
RTK frame
2298
Strokes
12
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
く.う, く.らう
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
eat, глотать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
喰 to eat

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 食 eat

How to find 喰 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mouth” + “eat”. 喰 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 喰 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.