食 — eat

Grade 2 kanji · 9 strokes · on'yomi shoku · kun'yomi ta·beru.

A person (人) with a lid over their mouth — covering your mouth while chewing.

Example words

• 食べる — taberu — to eat
• 食事 — shokuji — meal

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