飲 — drink, smoke, take

のむ飲 drink

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 12 strokes food action

U+98F2 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #969 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1584 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

drink
smoke
take

word

の no 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).

飲(の) む nomu to drink 飲(の) み物(もの) nomimono drink 飲(の) める nomeru to be able to drink 飲(の) み屋(や) nomiya bar 飲(の) み込(こ) む nomikomu to swallow

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

飲(いん) 食(しょく) inshoku food and drink 飲(いん) 酒(しゅ) inshu drinking alcohol 飲(いん) 料(りょう) inryou beverage

Appears in idioms

暴飲暴食四字熟語

outburst, drink, outburst, eat

牛飲馬食四字熟語

cow, drink, horse, eat

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

飠 food (left form)

けつ欠 lack #76

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