Memory phrase for the Kanji: 食
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食 |
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Kanji-Trainer
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Meaning
| eat, food
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Pronunciation |
SHOKU
taberu, kuu |
Explanation |
Top: a cover 𠆢, bottom: good 良 |
Mnemonic
| A cover is put on the good food.
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Radicals
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食
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to eat | shows a cover and good 良 (It might be helpful to see the lower two strokes as chopsticks.) |
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良
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good | The radical good is similar to 艮 that ist understood as "not-good" (The little stroke at the top is missing.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 蚊に食われる |
かにくわれる |
biten by a moskito |
| 乞食 |
こじき |
beggar, tramp |
| 食堂 |
しょくどう |
cafeteria/dining hall |
| 軽食 |
けいしょく |
light meal |
| 食器 |
しょっき |
tableware |
| 菜食主義 |
さいしょくしゅぎ |
vegetarianism |
| 食塩 |
しょくえん |
table salt |
| 昼食 |
ちゅうしょく |
lunch, midday meal |
| 蚕食 |
さんしょく |
intrusion, invasion, encroachment |
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