EntryCommon
  1. Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun

    for use as food; edible

    その肉は全く食用に適さなかった。
    None of the meat was fit to eat.
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Characters in this word

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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

utilize, business, service, use, employ

Kun
もち.いる
On
ヨウ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
107 of 2500
Radical
use
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

たから

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-2-3, 4-5-1SKIP code
2r3.1The Kanji Dictionary
7722.0Four corner code
3653deroo
7528Unicode hex code
1-45-49JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2993Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3721New Nelson (John Haig)
2976New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3694Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1889Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2569Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1181Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1265Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
102A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
193Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
110Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
21703Morohashi
215A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
107Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
107Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
146sakade
219Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
235henshall3
116Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
177crowley
308Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.19busy_people
1329Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1189Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yong4Pinyin reading
yongKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level