飲 = 飠 + 欠

飲 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “drink”. It is built from 飠 (eat) and 欠 (owe).

Keyword: drink
Pinyin (Mandarin): yǐn
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: пить
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 飲 drink

Decomposition

ids

飠 eat
欠 owe

How to find 飲 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “eat” + “owe”. 飲 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 飲 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.