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飲 = 欠 + 食
飲 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “drink”. It is built from 欠 (lack) and 食 (eat). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1584.
- Keyword
- drink
- RTK frame
- 1584
- Strokes
- 12
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- イン, オン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- の.む, -の.み
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- пить
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 飲 drink
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 飲 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “lack” + “eat”. 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.