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Kanji Grade 4 - 飯

Kanji character Grade 4 飯. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 4 - 飯
About
meal, boiled rice
Kun: めし
On: ハン
12 strokes
Radical: eat, food 食 (飠)
Parts: 厂 又 食
 
Onyomi
飯店 【ハンテン】 Chinese restaurant
飯切 【ハンギリ】 flat-bottomed wooden bowl for preparing sushi rice
米飯 【ベイハン】 cooked rice
赤飯 【セキハン】 red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
 
Kunyomi
飯 【めし】 cooked rice, meal, food, one's living, livelihood
飯売女 【めしうりおんな】 maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)
握り飯 【にぎりめし】 rice ball
冷や飯 【ひやめし】 cold rice, hanger-on, dependent, disgraced former actor