飯 / Japanese Kanji Meanings & Readings

What does 飯 mean?

Meal

How to read 飯?

Kunyomi... めし/meshi,いい/i, まま/mama

Onyomi... ハン/han

jinmeikun...

* There are two typical ways of reading kanji, kun-yomi and on-yomi. In addition, there is a reading system called "jinmei kun" which is used only for names.

Other kanji information..

application	Can be registered as a Japanese name In Japan, 2999 kanji characters can be registered as names. (In other words, you cannot officially apply for any other kanji as a name.) But if you enjoy it as fiction, no problem.
type	common-use kanji
unicode	98EF &#x98EF (For HTML use)