Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 6
飲 drink
- Meaning
- drink
- On reading
- イン
- Kun reading
- の(む)
Memory hook
The food radical beside 欠 (a yawning mouth): food beside an open mouth, going down. イン in compounds, の(む) on its own.
Words that use 飲
飲む
のむ
to drink
飲み物
のみもの
a drink
How to write 飲
Stroke order · 12 strokes
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- 1. The sweep down to the left.
- 2. The diagonal down to the right.
- 3. A short dot.
- 4. Horizontal, then turn down.
- 5 to 6. Horizontal.
- 7. Vertical, then turn across to the right.
- 8. A short dot.
- 9. Vertical.
- 10. Horizontal, then sweep down to the left.
- 11. The sweep down to the left.
- 12. The diagonal down to the right.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
飲 is taught on day 26 of the kanji course, alongside 食 買, with two writing passes and a short quiz.