食べる
たべる · taberu · JLPT N5 · verb-ichidan
to eat
🍚🥢 食 = food/eat + べる verb ending; sounds like table-ru: eat at the table
The kanji 食 means food or eating and also appears in 食事 (meal) and 食堂 (dining hall). The reading ta-be-ru starts like the English word table, the place where you eat. Drop る to get the stem 食べ for 食べます.