12 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 4th grade
JLPT exam level N4

meal, boiled rice

Kun'yomi
  • cooked rice ②meal ③one's living
On'yomi
  • ハン
Nanori
  • cooked rice
  • いり

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

めし 51.1%
ハン 47.6%
いい 1.1%
0.2%

Character Breakdown

meal, boiled rice
めし ハン いい (4th, N4)
eat, food, eat radical (no. 184)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
good, pleasing, skilled
よ.い リョウ ら (4th, N3)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good radical (no. 138)
うしとら コン (Kentei Pre-1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant
anti-
ハン タン そり (3rd, N3)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)

Common Words

cooked rice ②meal ③one's living
cooked rice ②meal
crab omelet on rice
very easy ②before breakfast
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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
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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