食事

Kanji breakdown

• 食 (shí) · 9 strokes

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

• 事 (shì) · 8 strokes

  The characters 史 (history), 吏 (government official), 使 (cause; use; instruct), and 事 (matter; work; affair) are all etymologically related and all derive from the same ancient character, depicting a h…

Example sentences

1. 今食事中。 — I'm eating.
2. 食事した。 — I had a meal.
3. 食事ですよ。 — Dinner's ready.
4. 食事中本を読んだ。 — I read a book while eating.
5. 食事があいません。 — The meals don't suit my taste.

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