The kanji 飯: meaning, readings and stroke order

飯

Meaning: rice, meal
On reading: ハン han
Kun reading: めし meshi
Strokes: 12
Radical: 食 eat, food
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cơm, bữa ăn (phạn)
Japanese: ごはん。しょくじ。
Korean: 밥, 식사 (반)
Chinese: 米饭、饭 (饭)

Readings, words and example sentences

ハン han · on reading

夕ゆう飯はん
dinner, supper
六時に 夕ゆう飯はんを食べます。
We eat dinner at six.

めし meshi · kun reading

昼ひる飯めし
lunch (casual word)
自分で 昼ひる飯めしを作ります。
I make lunch by myself.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.