Translingual

Han character

喫 (radical 30 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口手竹大 (RQHK), four-corner 6703₄, composition ⿰口契)

1. eat
2. drink
3. suffer, endure, bear

See also

• 食
• 召
• 頂

References

• KangXi: page 200, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3987
• Dae Jaweon: page 422, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 648, character 7
• Unihan data for U+55AB

Chinese

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

喫

1. (Cantonese) to eat; to have one's meal
   • 喫飯／喫饭 (“to eat a meal”)

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. devour
2. ingest
3. eat or drink
4. to be struck by someone or something
5. smoke

Readings

• Goon: きゃく (kyaku), け (ke)
• Kan’on: かい (kai), けき (keki)
• Kan’yōon: きつ (kitsu)
• Kun: くう (kuu), のむ (nomu)

Compounds

• 喫煙 (きつえん) ‎(kitsuen): smoking
• 喫茶 (きっさ) ‎(kissa): drinking tea
• 喫茶店 (きっさてん) ‎(kissaten): tea house

Korean

Hanja

喫 • ‎(kkik) (hangeul 끽, revised kkik, McCune-Reischauer kkik, Yale kkik)

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Compounds

• 喫房 (끽방)
• 喫茶 (끽다)

Vietnamese

Han character

喫 (khịt, khế, khịa, khiết, ngật)

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