Question

飲 の.む、-の.み 飲物(のみもの): drink; beverage飲む(のむ): (1) to drink; to gulp; to swallow (2) to smoke (tobacco) (3) to engulf; to overwhelm (4) to keep down; to suppress (5) to accept (e.g. demand, condition) (6) to make light of; to conceal飲み込む(のみこむ): (1) to gulp down; to swallow deeply (2) to understand; to take in; to catch on to; to learn; to digest湯飲み(ゆのみ): teacup 3 食: eat; food欠: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76) 食 9 (none) drink When you lack food, just drink something to fill you up.

Accepted Answer

イン、オン drink, smoke, take 5 969 12 184 しょく・しょくへん 会意 Compound Ideographic My experience with Japanese enkais (dinner parties): plenty to drink drink drink, but a severe lack of food, T_T.

Kanji	飲
Onyomi	イン、オン
Kunyomi	の.む、-の.み
English	drink, smoke, take
Examples	飲物(のみもの): drink; beverage 飲む(のむ): (1) to drink; to gulp; to swallow (2) to smoke (tobacco) (3) to engulf; to overwhelm (4) to keep down; to suppress (5) to accept (e.g. demand, condition) (6) to make light of; to conceal 飲み込む(のみこむ): (1) to gulp down; to swallow deeply (2) to understand; to take in; to catch on to; to learn; to digest 湯飲み(ゆのみ): teacup
JLPT Level	5
Jouyou Grade	3
Frequency	969
Components	食: eat; food 欠: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76)
Number of Strokes	12
Kanji Radical	食
Radical Number	184
Radical Strokes	9
Radical Reading	しょく・しょくへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	drink
Koohii Story 1	My experience with Japanese enkais (dinner parties): plenty to drink drink drink, but a severe lack of food, T_T.
Koohii Story 2	When you lack food, just drink something to fill you up.

Drink Swallow Lack Food 飲 イン、オン の.む、 の.み Smoke

Drink Swallow Lack Food 飲イン、オンの.む、の.み Smoke