Japanese Kanji
食shoku
eat · food
Grade 2 · JLPT N4 · 9 strokes
Eat, food.
食 is taught in grade 2 of Japanese elementary school — one of the earliest kanji children learn. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N4 (elementary) level. With 9 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.
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