食
This Chinese character means food and eat.
You can watch how to write this. - (「食」の書き順（筆順）動画 - 漢字書き順辞典)
There are 2 main ways to read this, "たべる (食べる)" or "しょく".
"食べる (たべる)" is a verb which means eat.
When this Chinese character is combined with other Chinese characters, this is often read as "しょく".
For example, food(s) is "食べ物 (たべもの)" or "食料 (しょくりょう)" in Japanese.
"物 (もの)" means thing(s), and "料 (りょう)" means ingredient(s) in this context.
We have to eat something to live.
In this world, there are many countries, and there are many cultures.
There are many cultures, so there are many kinds of foods.
If we travel abroad, we will know there are many kinds of foods in the world.
It's also tradition and history.
The history backs up the tradition.
But the history is merely a pile of facts of the past.
By Higashi-Mikawa Kyōjindō Shujin (東三河狂人堂主人)