食 Eat

Radical Combination

• 食

  Eat

Meaning

Primary

Eat

Alternative

Meal

Mnemonic

The radical for eat and the kanji for eat are the same! Lucky you.

Hints

If you know the radical, you basically know the meaning(s) of this kanji. There is a second meaning added to it, though, and that is meal. Just think about the things you eat? What are they? In the simplest form, they are just meals. So, if you know "eat" you should be able to remember "meal" as well.

Readings

On’yomi

しょく

Kun’yomi

た, く

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Thank goodness, you finally get to eat your meal. You're so hungry. Someone has been starving you and now they've finally given you food. Unfortunately, though, every time you take a bite, you get a shock (しょく) from somewhere.

Hints

So, do you keep eating and keep getting shocked? Or do you not eat and continue to starve? What is worse? Obviously you're in one of the Saw movies, or something, too, so feel the fear. What will you choose? Life with shocks or death from hunger?