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

  • 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.

  • 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.
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