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飲

飲 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

象形。人が舌を伸ばして器の酒を飲むさまを象り（「㱃」）、偏が「食」に類化して「飲」の字体となる。「のむ」を意味する漢語｛飲｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

drink, smoke, take

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • インElem.
  • オン
Kun (native)
  • の(む)Elem.
  • 〜の(み)
Other languages
  • 拼音yin3
  • 拼音yin4
  • 한글eum
  • Hán-ViệtẤm
  • Hán-ViệtẨm
  • Hán-ViệtHẩm
  • Hán-ViệtỠm

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
食(しょく)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 4
Unicode
U+98F2

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰飠欠

Words using this kanji

  • 飲食いんしょく飲むことと食べること。 飲んだり食べたりする。food and drink, eating and drinking
  • 飲料いんりょう飲む行為により摂取する液状のもの。飲みもの。beverage, drink
  • 飲酒いんしゅ酒を飲むこと。 仏教の戒律のひとつである飲酒戒の略。drinking alcohol
  • 飲み物のみもの「のみもの」を参照。drink, beverage
  • 飲み水のみみず「のみみず」を参照。drinking water, potable water
  • 飲むのむto drink, to swallow, to take (medicine), to smoke (tobacco)
  • 飲み込むのみこむ「のみこむ」の漢字表記。to swallow, to gulp down, to understand, to grasp
  • 飲食店いんしょくてん調理した飲食物を商う店。restaurant
  • 飲料水いんりょうすい飲むのに適合した水。飲み水。飲用水。drinking water
  • 飲み会のみかい主に飲酒を中心とした会合。drinking party, get-together (usu. involving alcoholic drinks)
  • 飲酒運転いんしゅうんてん酒を飲んで体内のアルコールが分解されきらないうちに乗り物や機械を動かすこと、特に自動車を運転することを言う。drunk driving, drink-driving, driving while intoxicated, drinking and driving
  • 飲み屋のみやのみやを参照。bar, saloon, pub, tavern
  • 飲み食いのみくい「のみくい」の漢字表記。food and drink, eating and drinking
  • 飲用いんよう飲むのに使うこと。drinking
  • 飲み回るのみまわるto go on a pub-crawl, to drink at a round of places
  • 飲ますのますto make (someone) drink, to force to drink, to let drink, to serve (alcohol)
  • 飲ませるのませるto make (someone) drink, to force to drink, to let drink, to serve (alcohol)
  • 飲み放題のみほうだいall you can drink, bottomless cup
  • 飲み干すのみほす「のみほす」の漢字表記。to drink up, to drink to the last drop, to drink (a glass) dry, to drain (one's glass)
  • 飲み過ぎのみすぎoverdrinking, excessive drinking

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-8-4
Four Corner
8778.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
8b4.1
Heisig
1584
Nelson
5159