食 (eat, food) - Kanji Codex

食

eat, food

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ショクジキ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

く.うく.らうた.べるは.む

Nanori (名乗り)

ぐい

Stroke Order

9 / 9

Information

Grade:2

Strokes:9

JLPT:5

Frequency:328

Vocabulary

ジキ

Word	Reading	Meaning
飲食	オンジキ	food and drink; eating and drinking
乞食	コツジキ	beggar; begging
断食	ダンジキ	fasting; fast
肉食	ニクジキ	meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
二食	ニジキ	two meals; (eating) two meals a day

ショク

Word	Reading	Meaning
衣食住	イショクジュウ	food, clothing and shelter; necessities of life
飲食	インショク	food and drink; eating and drinking
飲食店	インショクテン	restaurant
会食	カイショク	eating together; dining together; having a meal together
外食	ガイショク	eating out; dining out

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
食っ付く	くっつく	to adhere to; to stick to; to cling to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with; to become intimate
月食	げっしょく	lunar eclipse
乞食	こじき	beggar; begging
食い違い	くいちがい	difference; disagreement; conflict; clash; discrepancy; inconsistency
食い違う	くいちがう	to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts); to run counter (to); to be inconsistent (with); to be contradictory

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