KANAE
Character · Actions

食

くう kuuくわねど kuwanedoしょくじ shokuji

eat, food

Composition

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Origin

A pictogram of a food vessel topped by its lid: the meal ready to be eaten.

In the thoughts

  1. 食うkuuto eat
  2. 食わねどkuwanedothough not eating
  3. 食事shokujimeals

Proverbs carrying this character

  1. 050 Some insects even relish the bitter knotweed.
  2. 063 Even unfed, the samurai holds his toothpick high.
  3. 296 A house that does not leak, meals that end hunger: that is enough.

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