飲 — JLPT N5 Kanji

飲 (in/no-mu): drink. JLPT N5 kanji.

Character Info

Kanji Strokes JLPT Radical Radical Meaning
12 N5 eat/food

Readings

Type Reading Romaji Notes
On (音) イン in Chinese-origin (音読み)
Kun (訓) の-む no-mu to drink

Meanings

  1. drink

Vocabulary

Word Reading Romaji English JLPT
飲む のむ nomu to drink N5
飲み物 のみもの nomimono drink / beverage N5
飲食 いんしょく inshoku food and drink N4
飲料水 いんりょうすい inryousui drinking water N4
飲み会 のみかい nomikai drinking party N4

Stroke Order

Left: 食 minus bottom (6 strokes, food radical 飠). Right: 欠 (yawn/lacking, 4 strokes).

Mnemonic

Food/nourishment (食) taken in with an open mouth/yawn (欠) — drinking.

Common Mistakes

飲 vs 食 — 飲 has 欠 on the right side; both share the food radical but 飲 is specifically for liquids.