飲
飲 — Drink
drink, smoke, take
On’yomiイン (in)
On’yomiオン (on)
Kun’yomiのむ (nomu)
Kun’yomi-のみ (nomi)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 飲
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 飲食 | いんしょく inshoku | food and drink; eating and drinking |
| 飲料 | いんりょう inryou | beverage; drink |
| 飲酒 | いんしゅ inshu | drinking alcohol |
| 飲む | のむ nomu | to drink; to swallow; to take (medicine) |
| 飲食店 | いんしょくてん inshokuten | restaurant |
| 飲料水 | いんりょうすい inryousui | drinking water |
Study notes
飲 is a JLPT N4 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 3), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #969 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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