9 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 2nd grade
JLPT exam level N5
eat, food
Kun'yomi
く う to eat ②to live ③to bite ④to tease く ら う to eat ②to receive (e.g. a blow) ③to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable) た べ る to eat ②to live on (e.g. a salary) は む to eat (fodder, grass, etc.) ②to receive (a salary)
On'yomi
ショ ク food ②eating ③meal ジキ food ②eating ③meal
Nanori
ぐい
Character Breakdown
eat, food
た.べる く.う ショク (2nd, N5)
good, pleasing, skilled
よ.い リョウ ら (4th, N3)
References
| Unicode hex code | 98DF |
| JIS X 0208 | 1-31-9 |
| Nelson, A. Classic Nelson | 5154 |
| Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 6674 |
| Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 2075 |
| Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary | 2578 |
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) | 1316 |
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) | 1787 |
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji | 1472 |
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. | 1582 |
| Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage | 269 |
| O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names | 1159 |
| O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji | 283 |
| Morohashi Daikanwajiten | 44014 |
| Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters | 146 |
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana | 322 |
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) | 322 |
| Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese | 253 |
| Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards | 99 |
| Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. | 163 |
| Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards | 180 |
| Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power | 207 |
| Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context | 131 |
| AJLT Japanese For Busy People vols I-III | 2.13 |
| Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide | 1900 |
| Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete | 1484 |
| Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code | 8b0.1 |
| Four corner code | 8073.2 |
| De Roo Code | 2865 |