飲 (drink, smoke, take) - Kanji Codex

飲

drink, smoke, take

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

インオン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

-の.みの.む

Stroke Order

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Information

Grade:3

Strokes:12

JLPT:4

Frequency:969

Vocabulary

イン

Word	Reading	Meaning
飲酒	インシュ	drinking alcohol
飲食	インショク	food and drink; eating and drinking
飲食店	インショクテン	restaurant
飲料	インリョウ	beverage; drink
飲料水	インリョウスイ	drinking water

オン

Word	Reading	Meaning
飲食	オンジキ	food and drink; eating and drinking
飲酒	オンシュ	consumption of alcohol (as prohibited by one of the Buddhist precepts); Buddhist precept prohibiting the consumption of alcohol

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
飲む	のむ	to drink; to swallow; to take (medicine); to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down; to hold back; to swallow (one's tears); to catch (one's breath); to accept (a demand, conditions, etc.); to agree to; to make light of (someone); to think nothing of; to overwhelm; to overawe; to carry (a concealed dagger, etc.); to conceal (up one's sleeve, etc.)
飲み込む	のみこむ	to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to take in; to catch on; to learn; to engulf; to swallow up; to be filled with (people); to contain; to swallow (one's words); to suppress (a yawn, tears, etc.); to stifle; to hold back
飲み水	のみみず	drinking water; potable water
飲み物	のみもの	drink; beverage
湯飲み	ゆのみ	teacup

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