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飲 means 'drink'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 549   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-1    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 14    Beginner lesson: 20   Begins 82 words   Used in 160 words   Used in 9 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   イン
Kun
   のむ to drink
Additional readings
On    オン
Kun    -のみ
Variants
饮 (Chinese)  
Components
⿰  飠 (食) eat; food  欠 lack  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 飲 is used 5 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 飲 is used 136 times, read 3 ways.
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イン : 57 words FIND ALL
い ん し ょ く 0
food and drink; eating and drinking
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オン : 1 word FIND ALL
ふ お ん じ ゅ か い 4
noun
Buddhist precept prohibiting the consumption of alcohol  (Buddhist term)
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のむ : 78 words FIND ALL
の む 1
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine)  (呑む is often used metaphorically, 服む is often used for medicine)
2. to smoke (tobacco)  (see also: 喫む; also written 喫む)
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An additional 24 less common words include 飲 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 250 (originally: 230)  Joy o' Kanji : 230  Key to Kanji: 29 

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飲
イン   のむ to drink   
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欠
ケツ   かく to lack   かける to be lacking   
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
⺈
corner
飠
eat; food
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