飯
meal, boiled rice
Readings
On'yomi
- ハン
Kun'yomi
- めし
Nanori
- い
- いい
- いり
- え
Meaning
飯 centers on cooked food, especially the staple of boiled rice, and by extension a full meal.
Most common words using 飯
20 of 182- ご飯ごはんN5
cooked rice
- 飯めしN3
cooked rice
- 夕飯ゆうはんN5
evening meal; dinner; supper
- 炊飯すいはん
rice cooking; boiling rice
- 昼飯ひるめしN1
lunch; midday meal
- 炒飯チャーハン
Chinese-style fried rice
- 朝飯あさめしN1
breakfast
- 御飯おまんま
cooked rice
- 御飯おんいい
steamed rice as an offering to a god
- 茶飯事さはんじ
matter of no importance; commonly occurring thing; commonplace event; bread and butter item
- 飯店はんてん
Chinese restaurant
- 飯事ままごと
playing house
- 赤飯せきはんN1
red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
- 残飯ざんぱん
leftover food; leftovers; food scraps
- 天津飯てんしんはん
crab omelet on rice
- 釜飯かまめし
rice, meat and vegetable dish served in a small pot
- 朝飯前あさめしまえ
very easy; piece of cake; child's play; easy as pie; cinch
- 大飯おおめし
large meal; large meals
- 飯綱いいずな
least weasel (Mustela nivalis)
- 飯綱いづな
izuna; pipe fox; fox-like spirit kept inside a bamboo tube and used by its master to perform divinations and curses
Study
Etymology
飯 combines 飠 (food) with 反, which likely contributes the sound and may suggest the idea of returning or repeating, as rice is a staple eaten repeatedly.
Meaning mnemonic
The food radical 飠 beside 反 (oppose) suggests opposing hunger with a meal of boiled rice.
Reading mnemonic
For ハン, imagine a hand holding a bowl of boiled rice: hand -> ハン, and the meal is ready.