Today’s first #kanji is #食.Apparently its original meaning was “gathered good grains.” When 食 becomes a へん (the left side of a kanji), it’s called しょくへん and written as 飠(loses a stroke).
Meaning: to eat
Reading: ショク（ショッ）、ジキ、く（ぐ）、た
食物（ショクモツ）: food, foodstuffs
食器（ショッキ）: tableware, dishes, dining utensils
朝食（チョウショク）: breakfast
断食（ダンジキ）: a fast, fasting
乞食（こジキ）: a beggar, a tramp
食い物（くいもの）: food, provisions; a victim, prey
食う（くう）: to eat (for this meaning, 食（た）べる is more common); to live; to consume; to receive; to beat; to bite; to be cheated
食らう（くらう）: to gobble; to gulp; to be on the receiving end of …
犬食い（いぬぐい）する: to eat like a dog, to eat greedily with one’s head down, to eat from a bowl without picking it up (when eating with chopsticks)
食べ物（たべもの）: food, a thing to eat
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