飯 means meal
boiled rice
A hand reaches for the bowl of rice: a meal.
On'yomi
- ハンhan
Kun'yomi
- めしmeshi
How it's built
- 飠food
- 反against
Common words
- 飯めしcooked rice
- 朝飯あさめしbreakfast
- 赤飯せきはんred rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
- 夕飯ゆうはんevening meal; dinner
Through history
Bronze
Seal- Today