飲

Meaning

Drink · beber

Readings

• On (音読み): イン
• Kun (訓読み): の.む

Example words

• 飲む（のむ）— to drink
• 飲み物（のみもの）— drink; beverage
• 飲食店（いんしょくてん）— restaurant

Structure

Radical 食 written as 飠 here (しょく・しょくへん · Eat, food) · 12 strokes · school grade 3

Watch out

薬を飲む — medicine is "drunk" in Japanese even as pills. Food radical + yawning mouth (欠).