Memory phrase for the character: 飲

飲

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drink, swallow

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nomu

Left: food/eat 食 (cover

on good 良 food), right: lack 欠 (The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking [i.e. manners])

If food is lacking, you should drink (instead).

食	to eat	shows a cover and good 良 (It might be helpful to see the lower two strokes as chopsticks.)
欠	deficiency	The radical kakeru* shows a mouth wide open ⺈ of a person 人 [when yawning] and stands for lack or deficiency. (perhaps a lack of good manners?)*

Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!

飲む	のむ	to drink
飲み物	のみもの	drink, beverage
飲料水	いんりょうすい	drinking water, potable water
湯飲み	ゆのみ	teacup
飲み込む	のみこむ	to gulp down, to understand, to catch on to, to learn, to digest
飲み屋	のみや	bar, pub
飲み過ぎ	のみすぎ	overdrinking, excessive drinking
飲料	いんりょう	beverage, drink

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