Entry
  1. Noun

    eating house; restaurant that serves simple food

Also written めし屋【めしや】メシ屋【メシや】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

meal, boiled rice

Kun
めし
On
ハン
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N4
Frequency
1046 of 2500
Radical
eat
WaniKani
Level 15

Built from

Used in names as

いいいり

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-8-4SKIP code
8b4.5The Kanji Dictionary
8174.7Four corner code
2867deroo
98efUnicode hex code
1-40-51JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5158Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6679New Nelson (John Haig)
1691New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2126Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1110Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1509Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1473Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1583Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1083A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1964Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
768Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
44064PMorohashi
565A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
325Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
325Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
696sakade
279Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
594henshall3
597Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
604Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.12busy_people
1904Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1485Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fan4Pinyin reading
banKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
15WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

roof, house, shop, dealer, seller

Kun
On
オク
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
616 of 2500
Radical
corpse
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-3-6SKIP code
3r6.3The Kanji Dictionary
7721.4Four corner code
3772deroo
5c4bUnicode hex code
1-18-16JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1392Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1421New Nelson (John Haig)
3098New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3842Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1973Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2669Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1058Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1138Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
270A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1233Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
251Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7684Morohashi
236A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
167Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
167Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
161sakade
160Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
256henshall3
319Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
236crowley
54Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
530Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1067Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wu1Pinyin reading
ogKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level