Kanji:食 food; to eat; relating to food
JLPT N5: 73 / 100 | 9 Strokes
食
On: じき; しょく
Kun: く・う; た・べる
Meaning: food; to eat; relating to food
Stroke Order:
Examples:
- 食事 a meal
- 食べ物 food; something to eat
- 食べにくい difficult to eat
Example Sentence:
もう食べた?
Did you eat already?
- もう already
- 食べた did (you) eat [literally “ate” (simple past tense), but it can become a question by raising the tone in informal conversation]