食
- On
- しょく;じき
- Kun
- く.う;く.らう;た.べる;は.む
- Stroke count
- 9
・eat
・food
Japanese dictionary
Dictionary: “食う”
食う
くう
to eat
Example sentence
The starving man devoured the food.
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