饮
yǐnyìn HSK5

drink

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approved by Prismcool · Aug 13, 2023, 03:27 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Aug 15, 2023, 02:47 PM

Added pictograph explanation also to this simplified form.

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Simplified form of 飲. Originally a pictograph of a person with an open mouth (欠) drinking from a wine vessel (酉). Later changed into a phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 欠 represents the sound.

Components

饣
饣 MeaningIconic component

饣 is a component form of 食. Originally depicts a wine vessel (酉).

欠
欠 SoundIconic component

Originally depicted a person with an open mouth drinking.

Sources

Character origin
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Readings & variants
Unicode