Read Edit View history Discussion 饮 yǐnyìn HSK5 drink Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 飲. Pictograph of a person with an open mouth (欠) drinking from a wine vessel (酉). 欠 also represents the sound. The 酉 (wine) component and the open mouth was later reanalyzed as 饣 (eat). Pinyin Separate values with commas yǐn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 飲 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 饣 is a component form of 食. Used here to depict an open mouth drinking from a wine vessel (酉). Later reanalyzed as 饣 (eat). Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 饮 Simp strokes 饮 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a person bending over with their mouth open. 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942 22 Q 951 25 952 29 Q 953 33 941 41 Q 806 101 719 183 Q 707 195 633 268 C 612 289 610 266 626 241 Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.