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呑 = 口 + 夭

呑 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “quaff”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 夭 (sapling). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2225.

Keyword
quaff
RTK frame
2225
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
トン, ドン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
の.む
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
drink, лужица
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
呑 swallow

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 夭 sapling

How to find 呑 without knowing its reading

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

Open 呑 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.