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
Radical: 食
Reading: しょくへん
Meaning: eat, food
Strokes: 8
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
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
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) rice ball
冷や飯 (ひやめし) cold rice, hanger-on, dependent, disgraced former actor
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
Radical: 食
Reading: しょくへん
Meaning: eat, food
Strokes: 8
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
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
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) rice ball
冷や飯 (ひやめし) cold rice, hanger-on, dependent, disgraced former actor