食 — eat, food

You can spot 食 in 食べる (to eat) and 食べ物 (food).

N5 9 strokes

Readings

On’yomi
ショク、ジキ
Kun’yomi
く.う、く.らう、た.べる

How to write 食

Numbered stroke order diagram for 食
Follow the numbers to write each stroke in order.

See 食 in words

  • 食べるたべる
    to eat
  • 食べ物たべもの
    food
  • 食堂しょくどう
    dining hall

In a sentence

  • 箸でうどんを食べます。はしでうどんをたべます。I eat udon with chopsticks.
  • 朝ご飯を作りました。でも、食べませんでした。あさごはんをつくりました。でも、たべませんでした。I made breakfast, but did not eat it.
  • 何が一番食べたいですか。なにがいちばんたべたいですか。What do you want to eat most?

Quick practice: 食

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1. What does 食べる mean?

2. What does 食べ物 mean?

3. What does 食堂 mean?

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