喫
喫 — Consume
consume, eat, drink, smoke, receive (a blow)
On’yomiキツ (kitsu)
Kun’yomiのむ (nomu)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 喫
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喫煙 | きつえん kitsuen | smoking (tobacco) |
| 喫茶店 | きっさてん kissaten | coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge |
| 喫する | きっする kissuru | to eat; to drink; to smoke |
| 喫茶 | きっさ kissa | tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom |
| 満喫 | まんきつ mankitsu | having one's fill (of food or drink); eating (drinking) to one's heart's content; enjoying to the full |
| 喫緊 | きっきん kikkin | urgent; pressing; exigent |
Study notes
喫 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1347 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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