The kanji 飲: meaning, readings and stroke order

飲

Meaning: drink
On reading: イン in
Kun reading: の（む） nomu
Strokes: 12
Radical: 食 eat, food
Level: Level 3 · grade 3
Old form: 飮

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: uống (ẩm)
Japanese: のむ。
Korean: 마시다 (음)
Chinese: 喝 (饮)

Readings, words and example sentences

イン in · on reading · less common

飲いん食しょく
eating and drinking
ここでは 飲いん食しょくができません。
You can't eat or drink here.

の（む） nomu · kun reading

飲のむ
to drink
つめたい水を 飲のみます。
I drink cold water.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.