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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N4

1046 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: meal, boiled rice

Kunyomi: めし

Onyomi: ハン

Composition: 飠 反

飯

Radical

Radical: 食

Reading: しょくへん

Meaning: eat, food

Strokes: 8

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Examples

Examples with audio

御飯(ごはん)   rice (cooked), meal

夕飯(ゆうはん)   dinner

朝御飯(あさごはん)   breakfast

昼御飯(ひるごはん)   lunch

晩御飯(ばんごはん)   dinner

炊飯器(すいはんき)   rice cooker

飯(めし)   meal, food (derogatory)

朝飯前(あさめしまえ)   simple, a piece of cake

Onyomi Examples

飯店 (ハンテン) Chinese restaurant

飯切 (ハンギリ) flat-bottomed wooden bowl for preparing sushi rice

米飯 (ベイハン) cooked rice

赤飯 (セキハン) red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions

Kunyomi Examples

飯 (めし) cooked rice, meal, food, one's living, livelihood

飯売女 (めしうりおんな) maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)

握り飯 (にぎりめし) onigiri, rice ball

冷や飯 (ひやめし) cold rice, hanger-on, dependent, disgraced former actor

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