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飯

Meal
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingハン
Kun readingめし
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 4Level 15

Meanings

  1. mealRtK
  2. boiled rice
  1. cooked rice
  2. food
  3. one's living
  4. livelihood

Popular Usage

御飯夕飯朝御飯晩御飯昼御飯

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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eat · food · umbrella · good · halo · drop (丶) · silver (金) · anti- · demonstration · cliff (厂) · crotch

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1583

Compound words

夕飯ゆうはん
evening meal; dinner; supper
晩御飯ばんごはん
dinner; evening meal
赤飯せきはん
red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
炊飯器すいはんき
rice cooker
ご飯ごはん
cooked rice; meal
昼飯ひるめし
lunch; midday meal
米飯べいはん
cooked rice
朝飯あさめし
breakfast
握り飯にぎりめし
onigiri; rice ball
昼ご飯ひるごはん
lunch; midday meal
夜ご飯よるごはん
dinner; evening meal
一飯いっぱん
bowl of rice
桜飯さくらめし
rice boiled with soy sauce and sake
残飯ざんぱん
leftover food
酢飯すめし
sushi rice (vinegared rice)
鯛飯たいめし
rice with minced sea bream (tai)
飯桐いいぎり
Idesia polycarpa
飯匙いいがい
rice spoon
飯台はんだい
(Japanese-style) dining table
飯店はんてん
Chinese restaurant
飯碗めしわん
bowl used for serving rice
飯櫃めしびつ
round, wooden container for cooked rice
飯盒はんごう
(soldier's) cooking utensils
飯饌パンチャン
banchan

Kun Reading Examples

テレビを点け、彼女がブラウン管の前で遊弋している。「おい、飯だぞ？」めし
Television turned on, she patrols in front of the CRT. "Hey you, food's up!"tatoeba

Additional Examples

晩飯をおごるよ。
I'll treat you to dinner.tatoeba
晩ご飯ですよ、お父さん。
Dinner is ready, Father.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Meal, cooked rice. 飠 (food) + 反 — food cooked again and again, every day. ご飯 — rice, a meal.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 飯

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