12 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 4th grade
JLPT exam level N4
meal, boiled rice
Kun'yomi
め し cooked rice ②meal ③one's living
On'yomi
ハン
Nanori
い い い cooked rice いり え
Character Breakdown
meal, boiled rice
めし ハン いい (4th, N4)
eat, food, eat radical (no. 184)
good, pleasing, skilled
よ.い リョウ ら (4th, N3)
References
| Unicode hex code | 98EF |
| JIS X 0208 | 1-40-51 |
| Nelson, A. Classic Nelson | 5158 |
| Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 6679 |
| Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 1691 |
| Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary | 2126 |
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) | 1110 |
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) | 1509 |
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji | 1473 |
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. | 1583 |
| Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage | 1083 |
| O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names | 1964 |
| O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji | 768 |
| Morohashi Daikanwajiten | 44064P |
| Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters | 565 |
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana | 325 |
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) | 325 |
| Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese | 696 |
| Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards | 279 |
| Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. | 594 |
| Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards | 597 |
| Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context | 604 |
| AJLT Japanese For Busy People vols I-III | 3.12 |
| Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide | 1904 |
| Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete | 1485 |
| Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code | 8b4.5 |
| Four corner code | 8174.7 |
| De Roo Code | 2867 |