EntryCommon
  1. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Intransitive verb

    to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to dig into (e.g. of fingernails)

    医者の費用は本当に貯金に食い込む。
    Doctors' bills really cut into our savings.
  2. to eat into; to encroach; to make inroads; to penetrate (e.g. a market); to break into (e.g. first place); to erode; to cut into (e.g. time, savings)

  3. to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

    Vulgar expression or word

Also written 食込む【くいこむ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

eat, food

Kun
く.う、く.らう、た.べる、は.む
On
ショク、ジキ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
328 of 2500
Radical
eat
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

ぐい

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-7SKIP code
8b0.1The Kanji Dictionary
8073.2Four corner code
2865deroo
98dfUnicode hex code
1-31-09JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5154Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6674New Nelson (John Haig)
2075New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2578Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1316Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1787Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1472Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1582Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
269A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1159Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
283Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
44014Morohashi
146A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
322Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
322Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
253sakade
99Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
163henshall3
180Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
207crowley
131Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
1900Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1484Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shi2, si4Pinyin reading
sig, saKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji)

Kun
-こ.む、こ.む、こ.み、-こ.み、こ.める
Strokes
5
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
675 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 32

Built from

Used in names as

こみ、ごめ

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
3-3-2, 3-2-2SKIP code
2q2.3The Kanji Dictionary
3830.0Four corner code
3562deroo
8fbcUnicode hex code
1-25-94JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4660Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6010New Nelson (John Haig)
3030New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3762Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1917Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2608Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
780Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
843Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
280A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
178Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
987Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38712PMorohashi
1275A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
776Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
790Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
948Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1055Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
396crowley
961Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.9busy_people
675Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
787Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ibKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
32WaniKani level