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N4 · 12 strokes · — · Irodori #12 · Starter L5

飲

drink, smoke, take

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Readings

On’yomi
イン、オン
Kun’yomi
-の・み、の・む

Example words

  • 飲

    いん

    drinking (sometimes esp. alcohol); drink

  • 飲む

    のむ

    to drink; to swallow

  • 飲み物

    のみもの

    drink; beverage

  • 飲み込む

    のみこむ

    to swallow; to gulp down

Memory aids

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How to remember

👁Shape

Food/eat (食) + yawn/breathe (欠) — tilting the head back to drink.

🧩Components

Remember "drink" (飲) by connecting it to its Irodori vocabulary context.

📖Anchor word

飲みます (のみます) — your first meeting with this kanji in Irodori.

🔊Readings

First learned in 飲みます (のみます) — recall the word to unlock the reading. Kun'yomi: -の・み、の・む — often used in native Japanese words (like 飲みます). On'yomi: イン、オン — common in compound words (熟語).