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喫 = 口 + 契

喫 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “consume”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 契 (pledge). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1670.

Keyword
consume
RTK frame
1670
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
キツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
の.む
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
потреблять
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
喫 eat

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 契 pledge

How to find 喫 without knowing its reading

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

Open 喫 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.