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飯

meal, boiled rice

JLPTN3School grade4Strokes12Frequency#1046
Kun
めしmeshie.g.飯めしmeal
On
ハンhane.g.ご飯ごはんrice

Kun is the Japanese reading, used when the kanji stands alone with kana after it. On comes from Chinese and is mostly used in compound words.

Radical
食eat
Parts
  • 食eat
  • 又again
  • 厂cliff

Used in words

  • ご飯(はん)
    rice
  • 飯(めし)
    meal
  • 夕飯(ゆうはん)
    dinner
  • 昼御飯(ひるごはん)
    lunch
  • 晩御飯(ばんごはん)
    dinner
  • 朝御飯(あさごはん)
    breakfast

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