衣食住

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
衣 食 住
い
Grade: 4 		しょく
Grade: 2 		じゅう
Grade: 3
kan’on goon

Etymology

Compound of 衣(い) (i, “clothing”) + 食(しょく) (shoku, “food”) + 住(じゅう) (jū, “shelter”).

Pronunciation

Noun

衣(い)食(しょく)住(じゅう) • (ishokujū) ←いしよくぢゆう (isyokudyuu)?

  1. clothing, food, and shelter; basic living requirements

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
衣食住

Noun

衣食住 • (uisikju) (hangeul 의식주)

  1. Hanja form? of 의식주 (“clothing, food, and shelter”).
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