Kanji
N1 18 strokes Grade 8 freq #1354

provisions, food, bread

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

rice kome

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions
food agency
(army) provisions; food
provisions
food bank
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
food preparation
rice (as provisions)
food and clothing
food crisis; food-supply crisis

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

food; provisions
source of one's livelihood; one's bread and butter
source of vitality; life sustenance

Example sentences

The Red Cross distributed food to the refugees.

The government provided us with food.

That which was satisfied today becomes tomorrow's provisions.

We work for our living.