饮
yǐnyìn HSK5

drink

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approved by Prismcool · Feb 28, 2024, 09:40 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Feb 28, 2024, 09:40 PM

Changed wording

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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).

Components

饣
饣 Iconic component

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).

欠
欠 SoundIconic component

Depicts a person bending over with their mouth open.

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Character origin
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Readings & variants
Unicode