Kanji
N1 13 strokes Grade 8 freq #1779

vicarious, surrogate, act in addition to, take in, absorb

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

hand te

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion
laws (of nature)
inclusion; encompassing
Celsius; centigrade
feeding center (of the brain)
provisional tolerable weekly intake; PTWI
hygiene; (rules of) health
financial inclusion; availability and equality of opportunities to access financial services
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
converting someone (gently) to Buddhism; proselytization

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
law of nature; natural order
to have a meal; to take a meal

Example sentences

After his heart attack, Jim had to cut down on his sugar intake.

The exact temperature is 22.68 degrees Celsius.

Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.

He has been absorbed in the novel all day without eating.