ぐい
ショク, ジキ, く.う, く.らう, た.べる, は.む
eat, food

This kanji is also known as the "food" radical (しよく), which has 9 strokes.

Sample compounds (73) :


  1. くう
    (male) (vulg) to eat
  2. べる
    たべる
    to eat
  3. らう
    くらう
    to eat, to drink, to receive (blow)
  4. パン
    しょくパン
    plain bread

  5. いちじき
    one meal (a day)

  6. さんしょく
    three meals (a day)

  7. ひるげ
    lunch, midday meal

  8. ちゅうしょく
    lunch, midday meal

  9. さんしょく
    encroachment, invasion, aggression

  10. あくしょく
    (vs) eating poor food, eating meat, eating repulsive things

  11. はみだす
    to be forced out, to jut out (of bounds), be crowded out

  12. かしょく
    living on fruit

  13. にじき
    two meals (a day)

  14. かいしょく
    dining together, mess
  15. ばす
    くいのばす
    to keep alive on, to stretch food to make ends meet

  16. しんしょく
    (vs) infringement, violation

  17. くいたおす
    to bilk, to eat up one's fortune
  18. らう
    むさぼりくらう
    to devour greedily

  19. へんしょく
    unbalanced diet

  20. くいいる
    to eat into

  21. ともぐい
    cannibalism (in animals), mutual destruction, internecine struggle, eating each other, damaging each other

  22. しょくぜん
    before meals
  23. レトルト
    レトルトしょくひん
    packed and sterilised food, retort pack
  24. インスタント
    インスタントしょくひん
    instant foods

  25. しょくえん
    table salt

  26. がいしょく
    eating out

  27. ていしょく
    set meal, special (of the day)

  28. しょっきゃく
    house guest, (euph.) free-loader

  29. いそうろう
    house guest, (euph.) free-loader

  30. ねぐい
    living in idleness

  31. しょくどう
    cafeteria, dining hall

  32. しょくじん
    maximum eclipse, maximum obscuration
  33. ばす
    くいのばす
    to keep alive on, to stretch food to make ends meet

  34. しょくご
    after a meal

  35. きょしょく
    (vs) refusing food

  36. しょくし
    forefinger, index finger

  37. せっしょく
    (vs) feeding, feed
  38. らす
    たべちらす
    to eat a bit of everything
  39. らす
    くいちらす
    to eat untidily, to eat a bit of everything

  40. だんじき
    (vs) fasting

  41. たべかた
    way of eating, how to eat

  42. にっしょく
    solar eclipse

  43. げっしょく
    lunar eclipse
  44. める
    くいとめる
    to check, to hold back

  45. くいけ
    appetite
  46. わない
    きにくわない
    to be unable to stomach

  47. ようしょく
    Western-style meal

  48. しっくい
    mortar, plaster, stucco

  49. しょくよう
    for use as food, edible

  50. わしょく
    Japanese-style meal

  51. たちぐい
    (vs) eating while standing, eating at a (street) stall

  52. しょくりょう
    food

  53. そしょく
    simple diet, poor food

  54. しょくりょう
    provisions, rations

  55. きゅうしょく
    (vs) school lunch, providing a meal

  56. ちょうしょく
    breakfast
  57. らす
    くいあらす
    to devour, to work a various things, to eat some of everything

  58. さいしょく
    vegetable diet

  59. ありくい
    anteater

  60. しょくひ
    food expense

  61. くいこむ
    to eat into

  62. くいはぐれ
    missing a meal, losing means to make one's livelihood

  63. くいちがう
    to cross each other, to run counter to, to differ, to clash, to go awry

  64. くいちがい
    discrepancy, different or conflicting opinions

  65. かしょく
    (vs) overeating
  66. ぎる
    たべすぎる
    to overeat

  67. しょくどう
    esophageal

  68. ゆうしょく
    (vs) living in idleness

  69. たべにくい
    difficult to eat

  70. めんくい
    attracted by physical looks only

  71. ほうしょく
    gluttony, satiation, engorgement

  72. えじき
    prey, victim
  73. いしばる
    はをくいしばる
    to bear up in tragedy, to stand pain well, to hold one's temper
Kanji Character : 食
Kuten Encoding : 3109
SJIS Encoding : 3f29
Unicode Encoding : 98df
Old Nelson Index : 5154
Radical Number : 184
Frequency Ranking : 289
Gakken Index : 269
Grade Level : 2
Halpern Index : 2075
Heisig Index : 1472
Henshall Index : 146
New Nelson Index : 6674
O'Neil Index : 1159
Stroke Count : 9
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 8b0.1
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 8
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 0
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : b
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 1
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 322
SKIP Code : 2-2-7
De Roo Code : 2865
Four Corner Code : 8073.2
Korean reading : sa
Pinyin reading : si4
Morohashi Index String : 44014
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 12.0371
Morohashi Index Number : 44014
Morohashi Page : 371
Morohashi Volume : 12
Dictionary Codes
  1. R2865
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