Kanji: 飯

    • Meaning : meal,"boiled rice"
    • ON reading : ハン
    • KUN reading : めし
    • Nanori : い,いい,いり,え
    • Stroke count : 12
    • Frequency of use ranking : 1046
    • Jouyou grade level : 4
    • JLPT : 3
    • Radical : 食, (飠)

Words containing that kanji:


  • - てんしんはん - "Chinese" dish of Japanese origin
  • のあるめし | のある - しんのあるめし - undercooked rice
  • のあるご - しんのあるごはん - undercooked rice
  • めし | - ふかがわめし - fukagawa-meshi/rice cooked with clams
  • めし | - ぶためし - pork with rice
  • - いいぎり - Idesia polycarpa/idesia
  • 宿 - いっしゅくいっぱん - (being beholden to someone for a favor of) a night's lodging and a meal
  • - いちぜんめしや - quick lunch
  • - いっぱん - bowl of rice/meal
  • - ごもくめし - dish of rice, fish and vegetables
  • | - ごはん | おまんま - cooked rice | meal
  • - ひめいい - soft rice (cooked in a pot)
  • - さくらめし - rice boiled with soy sauce and sake
  • - ざんぱん - food scraps/garbage
  • - いいがい - rice spoon
  • 寿 - すしめし - rice seasoned with vinegar, sugar and salt, used for preparing sushi
  • - めしじゃくし - rice scoop
  • - すいはんき - rice cooker
  • - いいずな | いいづな | イイズナ | イイヅナ - least weasel (Mustela nivalis)
  • - せきはん - red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
  • - そはん - poor meal
  • - ちゅうはん - the noonday meal
  • - さはんじ - commonly occurring thing/commonplace event/bread and butter item
  • - あさめしまえ - trivial matter/cinch to do/easy as pie/it's a piece of cake
  • めし | - ひるめし | ちゅうはん | ひるはん - lunch/midday meal
  • - いいだこ | イイダコ - ocellated octopus (Octopus ocellatus)
  • - すめし - vinegared rice/rice prepared for sushi
  • | - ほんはぶ - Okinawan habu (Trimeresurus flavoviridis)
  • | - たいわんはぶ - Taiwanese habu (Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus)
  • - にちじょうさはん - an everyday occurrence
  • - はんば - construction camp/bunkhouse/workers' living quarters
  • をする - ままごとをする - to play house
  • - ばんめし - dinner/evening meal
  • - ままごと - playing house
  • ごう | - はんごう - (soldier's) cooking utensils | outdoor (camping) cooking utensils
  • - めし - meals/food | cooked rice | one's livelihood
  • - はんてん - (Chinese) restaurant
  • - べいはん - cooked rice
  • げ - めしのくいあげ - losing the means of livelihood
  • う - ひやめしをくう - to depend on somebody for food and lodging | to be treated coldly/to be kept in a low position
  • のめしよりき | よりき | のめしよりすき - さんどのめしよりすき - very fond of/more fond of than eating/lit: more important than three meals a day/so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without
  • - おおめし - large meal(s)
  • - じんじょうさはん - everyday occurrence/commonplace of life/nothing out of the ordinary
  • イタ - イタはん - Italian food/Italian restaurant
  • う - おなじかまのめしをくう - to work at the same place
  • - ひやめしぞうり - crudely made zori with straw fastenings
  • - ひやめし - cold rice
  • - チャーハン | ちゃあはん - Chinese-style fried rice
  • - かれい | かれいい | ほしいい - dried boiled rice
  • - ばくはん | むぎめし - boiled barley and rice
  • - あさめし | あさはん - breakfast
  • | - あさごはん - breakfast
  • - ゆうはん | ゆうめし - evening meal
  • | - にぎりめし - rice ball
  • | - ひるごはん - lunch/midday meal
  • | - ばんごはん - dinner/evening meal
  • - すいはん | みずめし - rice washed in cold water/dried rice soaked in water to soften
  • - はくはん | しろめし - cooked white rice
  • - ふんぱん - bursting out laughing
  • | - はぶ - habu (East Asian pit viper of genus Trimeresurus)
  • - ほしいい - dried boiled rice
  • - めしつぶ - grain of boiled rice
  • - かじょうさはん - everyday occurrence/commonplace of life/nothing out of the ordinary
  • - はんだい - (Japanese-style) dining table
  • - たいめし - rice with minced sea bream (tai)
  • き - めしたき - cooking rice/kitchenmaid/cook
  • - むだめし - living idly
  • - おうばんぶるまい - lavishing gifts on (others)/lavishly wining and dining (others)/a lavish feast
  • - まつたけごはん - rice cooked with matsutake
  • - まんま - cooked rice (baby talk)
  • | ご - ごはんどき - mealtime
  • - かまめし - rice, meat and vegetable dish served in a small pot
  • - いづな - a type of fox spirit
  • し | し - ごはんむし - a rice steamer
  • | - ゆうごはん - evening meal/dinner/supper
  • - ちゃめし - rice boiled in tea (and) flavored with sake and shoyu (flavoured)
  • - かやくめし - boiled rice mixed with vegetables and meat or fish
  • - にちじょうさはんじ - everyday occurrence
  • - もっそうめし - food served to prisoners
  • - めしどき - mealtime
  • - めしや - eating house
  • - はんまい - rice
  • - めしびつ - round, wooden container for cooked rice
  • り - めしもり - (Edo-period inn) maidservant
  • - やきめし - fried rice
  • い - ひやめしくい - a hanger-on/a dependent
  • - こわめし | こわいい - rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions)
  • - はやめし - fast eater/early meal
  • - どんぶりめし - bowl of rice
  • かい - あたたかいごはん - warm rice
  • - きっぱん - taking a meal/eating
  • らす - めしをむらす - steam boiled rice
  • - たきこみごはん - rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients
  • えない - めしがくえない - cannot make a living
  • - ふんぱんもの - quite absurd thing/something that makes one laugh
  • う | う - めしをくう - to devour a meal/to have a meal