飯

Meaning

Cooked rice, meal · arroz cocido, comida

Readings

• On (音読み): ハン
• Kun (訓読み): めし

Example words

• ご飯（ごはん）— cooked rice; a meal
• 朝ご飯（あさごはん）— breakfast
• 飯（めし）— food; a meal (casual)

Structure

Radical 食 written as 飠 here (しょく・しょくへん · Eat, food) · 12 strokes · school grade 4

Watch out

ご飯 = cooked rice and also a meal, like Spanish comida covering both food and lunch: 朝ご飯, 昼ご飯, 晩ご飯. Raw rice is 米. めし is rough, mostly male speech (飯を食う). Food radical (飠) + 反, which supplies the ハン sound (as in 坂, 板, 販) — compare 飲 (drink).