食間

Japanese

Kanji in this term
食	間
しょく > しょっ Grade: 2	かん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
食	間
しょく Grade: 2	かん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょっかん [shòkkáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞k̚kã̠ɴ]

• (Tokyo) しょくかん [shòkúkáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞kɯ̟kã̠ɴ]

Noun

食(しょっ)間(かん) or 食(しょく)間(かん) • (shokkan or shokukan) 

1. between meals
2. while eating

Coordinate terms

• 食間(しょっかん) (shokkan, “between meals”), 食前(しょくぜん) (shokuzen, “before eating”), 食後(しょくご) (shokugo, “after eating”)

References

• “食間”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026