御飯

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
はん
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of (go-, honorific prefix) +‎ (han, cooked rice).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

()(はん) (gohan

  1. cooked rice
  2. a meal of any sort

Usage notes

The honorific prefix (​go) is more commonly spelled in hiragana as , due in part to the complexity of the character.

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN