Replying to @ExtralongdokkanThe name "Gohan" is a homophone for gohan (御飯), the Japanese word for "cooked rice" which also refers to meals in general, which continues Akira Toriyama's food naming pun diagram. In Mandarin, the reading of Gohan (悟飯) is a homophone for wǔfàn (午飯), meaning "lunch".