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Today's Kanji -- January 21, 2019
飯
- on reading:
- ハン
- kun reading:
- めし
- meaning(s):
- meal, boiled rice
Stroke Order Diagram
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Compounds
| ご飯 | ごはん | rice (cooked); meal |
| 握り飯 | にぎりめし | rice ball |
| 握飯 | にぎりめし | rice ball |
| 一宿一飯 | いっしゅくいっぱん | just staying for a night and a meal |
| 一飯 | いっぱん | a bowl of rice; a meal |
| 温かい御飯 | あたたかいごはん | warm rice |
| 加薬飯 | かやくめし | boiled rice mixed with vegetables and meat or fish |
| 釜飯 | かまめし | rice, meat and vegetable dish served in a small pot |
| 乾飯 | かれい | dried boiled rice |
| 乾飯 | かれいい | dried boiled rice |
| 乾飯 | ほしいい | dried boiled rice |
| 干飯 | ほしいい | dried boiled-rice |
| 喫飯 | きっぱん | (rare) taking a meal; eating |
| 強飯 | こわめし | rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions) |
| 五目飯 | ごもくめし | dish of rice, fish and vegetables |
| 御飯 | ごはん | rice (cooked); meal |
| 桜飯 | さくらめし | rice boiled with soy sauce and sake |
| 残飯 | ざんぱん | garbage |
| 寿司飯 | すしめし | rice seasoned with vinegar, sugar and salt, used for preparing sushi |
| 松茸御飯 | まつたけごはん | rice cooked with matsutake |
| 焼き飯 | やきめし | fried rice |
| 炊き込み御飯 | たきこみごはん | rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients |
| 赤飯 | せきはん | red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions |
| 粗飯 | そはん | poor meal |
| 早飯 | はやめし | fast eater; early meal |
| 鯛飯 | たいめし | rice with minced sea bream (tai) |
| 茶飯 | ちゃめし | rice boiled in tea (and) flavored with sake and shoyu |
| 中飯 | ちゅうはん | the noonday meal |
| 昼ご飯 | ひるごはん | lunch; midday meal |
| 昼御飯 | ひるごはん | lunch; midday meal |
| 昼飯 | ちゅうはん | lunch; midday meal |
| 昼飯 | ひるはん | lunch; midday meal |
| 昼飯 | ひるめし | lunch (masc.); midday meal |
| 朝ご飯 | あさごはん | breakfast |
| 朝御飯 | あさごはん | breakfast |
| 朝飯 | あさはん | breakfast |
| 朝飯 | あさめし | breakfast |
| 日常茶飯 | にちじょうさはん | an everyday occurrence |
| 麦飯 | ばくはん | boiled barley and rice |
| 麦飯 | むぎめし | boiled barley and rice |
| 飯 | めし | meals; food |
| 飯が食えない | めしがくえない | cannot make a living |
| 飯ごう | はんごう | (soldier's) cooking utensils |
| 飯を喰う | めしをくう | to devour a meal; to have a meal |
| 飯を蒸らす | めしをむらす | steam boiled rice |
| 飯を食う | めしをくう | to devour a meal; to have a meal |
| 飯屋 | めしや | eating house |
| 飯事 | ままごと | playing house |
| 飯事をする | ままごとをする | to play house |
| 飯時 | めしどき | mealtime |
| 飯場 | はんば | construction camp; bunkhouse; workers' living quarters |
| 飯炊き | めしたき | cooking rice; kitchenmaid; cook |
| 飯盛り | めしもり | (Edo-period inn) maidservant |
| 飯台 | はんだい | (Japanese-style) dining table |
| 飯店 | はんてん | (Chinese) restaurant |
| 飯米 | はんまい | rice |
| 飯粒 | めしつぶ | grain of boiled rice |
| 飯櫃 | めしびつ | round, wooden container for cooked rice |
| 飯盒 | はんごう | (soldier's) cooking utensils |
| 晩ご飯 | ばんごはん | dinner; evening meal |
| 晩御飯 | ばんごはん | dinner; evening meal |
| 晩飯 | ばんめし | dinner |
| 物相飯 | もっそうめし | food served to prisoners |
| 噴飯 | ふんぱん | bursting out laughing |
| 米飯 | べいはん | cooked rice |
| 無駄飯 | むだめし | living idly |
| 夕飯 | ゆうはん | evening meal |
| 夕飯 | ゆうめし | evening meal |
| 冷や飯 | ひやめし | cold rice |
| 丼飯 | どんぶりめし | bowl of rice |
| 炒飯 | ちゃあはん | Chinese-style fried rice |
