喫 — consume, eat, drink

きつ喫 consume

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 12 strokes

U+55AB Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1347 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1670 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

consume
eat
drink
smoke
receive

word

きつ kitsu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

喫(きつ) 煙(えん) kitsuen smoking 満(まん) 喫(きつ) mankitsu enjoying fully

きっ ki Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

喫(きっ) 茶(さ) 店(てん) kissaten coffee shop 喫(きっ) 茶(さ) kissa tea drinking

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

くち口 mouth #30

けい契 pledge

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#30 口 mouth