単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Single kanji#857 most used

食

しょく0

Pitch accent · 平板 (heiban)

food

ITS KANJI

IN A SENTENCE

I like Japanese food.

from Tatoeba · small_snow

IN OTHER SENTENCES

Tom is particular about what he eats.

from Tatoeba · tommy_san

MEANINGS

1

food; foodstuff

noun

TANGOYA ASKS

2

eating; appetite

noun

3

meal; portion

noun · counter

SOUNDS THE SAME

職job; work; employmentしょく
俗layman (esp. as opposed to a buddhist monk); laityしょく · not in tangoya
色counter for coloursしょく · not in tangoya

DETAILS

Kind単漢字, single kanji

Frequency#857 most used

Written食 only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium