喰

12 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

eat, drink, receive (a blow), (kokuji)

Kun'yomi
  • くう
    		to eat ②to live ③to bite ④to tease
  • くらう
    		to eat ②to receive (e.g. a blow) ③to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable)
Nanori
  • じき

Main Radical

口(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

くうくらう 100.0%

Character Breakdown

eat, drink, receive (a blow)
く.う　じき (Kentei Pre-1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
eat, food
た.べる　く.う　ショク (2nd, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
good, pleasing, skilled
よ.い　リョウ　ら (4th, N3)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good radical (no. 138)
うしとら　コン (Kentei Pre-1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ　ころも　きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant

Common Words

く
喰
　
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タ
　
ン
tanyao with open melds (not allowed in some rules)
しん
心
く
喰
　
い
むし
虫
codling moth larva ②any moth whose larvae feed on fruit
おんな
女
く
喰
　
い
womanizer
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References

Unicode hex code 55B0
JIS X 0208 1-22-84
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 955
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 849
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 552
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 670
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 507
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2182
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2298
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1832
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 4015
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3d9.1
Four corner code 6803.2