食べ物

Kanji breakdown

• 食 (shí) · 9 strokes

  Depicts a mouth (亼) eating from a food vessel (皀).

• べ

• 物 (wù) · 8 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 牛 represents the meaning and 勿 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "variety", depicting the variety of colors on a cow. Later the meaning shifted to "things".

Example sentences

1. 食べ物！ — Food!
2. これは食べ物です。 — This is food.
3. この食べ物は生だ。 — This food is raw.
4. 食べ物、買おっと。 — I'll buy some food.
5. 何か食べ物を下さい。 — Give me something to eat.

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