Grow with Kitty

くう

食う

kū

very common

English

to eat (rough); to consume

नेपाली

खानु; खपत गर्नु

Examples

  1. この仕事しごとは時間じかんを食くいます。

    This job eats up a lot of time.

  2. 古ふるいエアコンは電気でんきを食くうので、買かい替かえました。

    My old air conditioner ate up so much electricity that I replaced it.

  3. 材料ざいりょう費ひの値上ねあがりが、会社かいしゃの利益りえきを大おおきく食くっています。

    Rising material costs are eating heavily into the company's profits.

How to write it

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食 9 strokes

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