喫 – consume, eat, drink

12 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1347 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 喫 means consume, eat, drink, smoke, receive (a blow). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キツ (kitsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is の.む (nomu). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キツ	kitsu
Kun’yomi	の.む	nomu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 口 (Kangxi radical 30). Components: 口・大・土・刀・亠・二.

Words using 喫

喫茶店きっさてんcoffee shop

Example sentences

私たちは喫茶店で昼食をとった。

We ate lunch in a coffee lounge.

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Kanji with the same radical

同合員問和名向告品各台口営可商味

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.