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Kanji Detail for 喫 - "to eat, to drink, to receive"

喫

  • Meaning

    喫 means "to eat, to drink, to receive."

    1. To eat - To consume food.

    2. To drink - To consume; to inhale.

    3. To receive - To undergo; to suffer; especially receiving damage or being caught off guard.

  • Words using 喫

    • 喫茶店 きっさてん Listen coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge
    • 喫する きっする Listen to eat; to drink; to smoke
    • 満喫 まんきつ Listen having one's fill (of food or drink); eating (drinking) to one's heart's content; enjoying to the full
    • 喫茶 きっさ Listen tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom

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    • Verified meaning: to eat, to drink, to receive
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    consume; eat; drink; smoke; receive (a blow)

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 吃[chi1]

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To eat. | Has the meaning of taking in. Often used in colloquial speech.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kitsu(キツ) キツ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    no.mu(の-む) の-む

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    口 (kuchi・kuchihen)

  • Related Keywords

    to eat to drink to receive consume devour dine feast beverage gulp imbibe sip swallow taste suffer

Sentences including 喫

  • The doctor told mr smith to give up smoking.

  • Could we have a table in the smoking section?

  • My mother is against smoking.

  • It is said that smoking is bad for your health.

  • I had a cup of coffee at the coffee shop.

  • You must not smoke while working.

  • It is a fact that smoking is a danger to health.

  • Do you object to smoking?

  • Smoking is not allowed here.

  • This is the coffee shop i first met my wife in.

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