Chinese Character 飲 Meanings and components.

Form

飲

Meaning

飲 meaning[3] in English

To Drink.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 飲 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to eat (食) , and deficient (欠)

Its radical[1] is: 食 (shi2) which means: To Eat, Food, Animal Feed, Eclipse, .食shi2to eat

In cangjie it is written with OINO

How to write 飲

To write飲yin3to drink you should write a combination of 食shi2to eat , 欠qian4deficient arranged in a 吅 shape:

食 + 欠 = 飲

飲 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 飲 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 飲, looks as follow:

飲
Pinyin:yin3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Drink
食
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: To Eat . Food . Animal Feed . Eclipse
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
良
Pinyin:liang2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Good . Very . Very Much
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
艮
Pinyin:gen3
Meaning[3]: Blunt . Tough . Chewy
欠
Pinyin:qian4
Meaning[3]: Deficient . To Owe . To Lack . Yawn

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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