# 飯 — Meal

Frequency rank 992 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 虫 (Insect), less common than 翌 (The Next).

- On’yomi: はん
- Kun’yomi: めし
- Radical: 食 Eat (Kangxi 184)
- Frequency path: Level VIII of XX

You eat (食) but take an anti (反) approach — instead of fine dining, you eat the opposite way: a humble, simple meal.

In words:

- 飯 めし — (sl) meals,food
- 夕飯 ゆうはん — dinner
- 御飯 ごはん — cooked rice,meal

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