JLPT N5 · Actions

食べる

たべる

to eat

Stroke order of 食べる

3 characters, 13 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

食 · 9 strokesべ · 3 strokes る · 1 strokes

Memory trick

Under a roof (𠆢) waits something good (良): time to eat.

Parts: 𠆢 roof/cover + 良 good

The characters in 食べる

べべ — be (3 strokes)
るる — ru (1 strokes)

Example sentence

朝ごはんにパンを食べます。

あさごはんにぱんをたべます。

I eat bread for breakfast.

Words with 食

食事meal 外食eating out 食べ物food 洋食Western food 食堂dining hall; canteen 食料品groceries 朝食breakfast 夕食dinner 食器tableware; dishes 夜食late-night snack 間食snacking between meals 昼食lunch 主食staple food 和食Japanese food 食後after a meal 定食set meal 飲食店restaurant; eatery 食べ放題all-you-can-eat

More words: Actions

行くto go 来るto come 見るto see; to watch 飲むto drink 読むto read 書くto write 聞くto listen; to ask 話すto speak 買うto buy 休むto rest 言うto say 出るto go out; to leave 入るto enter 立つto stand 会うto meet

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