食

Eat

Also: Food

On'yomi

  • しょく shoku
  • じき jiki

Kun'yomi

  • く(う) kuu
  • た(べる) taberu
  • は ha
Stroke count
9
Radical
食 eat · Kangxi radical 184
JLPT level
N5
School grade
Grade 2

食 has 9 strokes and its Kangxi radical is 食 (eat), number 184. Hashidari places it at JLPT N5. Japanese students learn it in grade 2 of elementary school.

No official JLPT kanji list exists: the level is Hashidari's own placement. How we place kanji

JLPT N5 kanji list · Grade 2 kanji list · All kanji