JLPT N5 · Actions

飲む

のむ

to drink

Stroke order of 飲む

2 characters, 15 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

飲 · 12 strokesむ · 3 strokes

Memory trick

Food and drink (飠) beside a person with a wide-open mouth (欠) gulping it down: drinking.

Parts: 飠 food + 欠 open mouth/yawn

The characters in 飲む

むむ — mu (3 strokes)

Example sentence

毎朝お茶を飲みます。

まいあさおちゃをのみます。

I drink tea every morning.

Words with 飲

飲み物drink 湯飲みteacup 飲食店restaurant; eatery 飲み放題all-you-can-drink 飲み会drinking party 飲み薬oral medicine 飲酒drinking alcohol

More words: Actions

行くto go 来るto come 見るto see; to watch 食べるto eat 読むto read 書くto write 聞くto listen; to ask 話すto speak 買うto buy 休むto rest 言うto say 出るto go out; to leave 入るto enter 立つto stand 会うto meet

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