饮
㱃yǐn
#1,567 most
frequent character
old variant of 飲|饮[yin3]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
饮 joins 饣, food or eating, with 欠, an open mouth and mouth actions. It first meant drinking while bending over a ritual cup. Later it simply meant to drink. Read yìn, it means watering animals.
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