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Kanji Detail for 飲 - "to drink, to swallow"

飲

  • Meaning

    飲 means "to drink, to swallow." Also associated with banquet.

    1. To drink - To consume water or alcohol.

    2. To swallow - To hold back; to endure.

    3. Beverage - Water or alcohol.

    4. Banquet - A drinking party; a feast.

    5. To give drink - To provide beverages.

  • Words using 飲

    • 飲食 いんしょく Listen food and drink; eating and drinking
    • 飲料 いんりょう Listen beverage; drink
    • 飲酒 いんしゅ Listen drinking alcohol
    • 飲み物 のみもの Listen drink; beverage
    • 飲み水 のみみず Listen drinking water; potable water
    • 飲む のむ Listen to drink; to swallow; to take (medicine)
    • 飲み込む のみこむ Listen to swallow; to gulp down; to understand
    • 飲み会 のみかい Listen drinking party; get-together (usu. involving alcoholic drinks)

  • Four-character idioms with 飲

    • 暴飲暴食 ぼういんぼうしょく Listen excessive drinking and eating; overeating and overdrinking
    • 牛飲馬食 ぎゅういんばしょく Listen heavy eating and drinking; gorging and swilling; drinking like a cow and eating like a horse
    • 箪食瓢飲 たんしひょういん Listen simple food and drink; being content with a frugal life
    • 鯨飲馬食 げいいんばしょく Listen drinking like a fish and eating like a horse; eating mountains of food and drinking oceans of liquor

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    • Verified meaning: to drink, to swallow
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read のみ)
    • Also carries these associations: banquet

    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.

  • Name readings of 飲

    Surnames 飲(のみ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    drink; smoke; take

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    drink; swallow; kind of drink

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to drink

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to swallow, to drink; a kind of drink

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

    Liquid food. Such as wine and beverages. In ancient times, there were five drinks. Found in the "Nei Ze" of the Book of Rites. | Anything swallowed without chewing is called 飲. As in 飲酒 (drink wine), 飲水 (drink water). | Having the meaning of holding within. As in 飲恨 (harboring resentment), 飲泣 (weeping silently). Both mean not revealing outwardly. | To give drink to someone. As in 飲之以酒 (giving them wine to drink).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    in(イン) イン

    on(オン) オン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    no.mu(の-む) の-む

    nomi(のみ) のみ

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    食 飠 (shoku・shokuhen)

  • Related Keywords

    to drink to swallow banquet drinking party beverage imbibe gulp sip quaff consume alcohol tea water sake liquid refreshment

Sentences including 飲

  • Do people drink tea in your country?

  • I was forced to drink against my will.

  • It's time you had a dose of your medicine.

  • What will you have to drink?

  • If you take this medicine , you will feel better.

  • Take good care of what you eat and drink every day.

  • This water is good to drink.

  • Take this medicine for your cold three times a day.

  • Would you care for something to drink?

  • It's best to drink in moderation.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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