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Kanji Detail for 飯 - "rice, food"

飯

  • Meaning

    飯 means "rice, food." Also associated with eat.

    1. Rice - Cooked rice; a meal.

    2. Food - Nourishment; sustenance.

    3. Eat - To consume food.

  • Words using 飯

    • 米飯 べいはん Listen cooked rice
    • 炊飯器 すいはんき Listen rice cooker
    • 赤飯 せきはん Listen red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
    • 夕飯 ゆうはん Listen evening meal; dinner; supper
    • ご飯 ごはん Listen cooked rice; meal
    • 朝飯 あさめし Listen breakfast
    • 夜ご飯 よるごはん Listen dinner; evening meal
    • 昼ご飯 ひるごはん Listen lunch; midday meal

  • Four-character idioms with 飯

    • 一宿一飯 いっしゅくいっぱん Listen (being beholden to someone for a favor of) a night's lodging and a meal
    • 家常茶飯 かじょうさはん Listen everyday occurrence; commonplace of life; nothing out of the ordinary
    • 日常茶飯 にちじょうさはん Listen everyday occurrence
    • 椀飯振舞 おうばんぶるまい Listen lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess

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    • Verified meaning: rice, food
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いい, いいざき, いいたか, めし)
    • Also carries these associations: eat

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 飯

    Surnames 飯(いい)Listen 飯(いいざき)Listen 飯(いいたか)Listen 飯(めし)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    meal; boiled rice

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    cooked rice; food; meal

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    cooked rice; CL:碗[wan3]; meal; CL:頓|顿[dun4]; (loanword) fan; devotee

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    meal, food; cooked rice

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Cooked millet or rice. Also, eating rice is called 飯. Read Rising tone.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    han(ハン) ハン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    meshi(めし) めし

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    食 飠 (shoku・shokuhen)

  • Related Keywords

    rice food eat feeding meal cooking cuisine diet dish grain nourish nutrition sustenance provisions staple

Sentences including 飯

  • What do you usually have for breakfast?

  • You should eat something before you go.

  • I've just finished lunch.

  • I am going to eat an evening meal with a friend.

  • It's a piece of cake.

  • She is having lunch now.

  • How about going out for lunch?

  • Breakfast is ready.

  • Time for dinner.

  • Have you had dinner?

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