呑

swallow; drink

7 strokes. Newspaper frequency rank 2362.

Readings

• のむ (kun reading): 丸呑み (まるのみ) swallowing whole; 鵜呑み (うのみ) swallowing without chewing
• トン (on reading): 併呑 (へいどん) annexation; 清濁併呑 (せいだくへいどん) being so broad-minded as to accept all sorts of things, both good and evil
• ドン (on reading): 呑吐 (どんと) swallowing and spitting out; 呑舟の魚 (どんしゅうのうお) fish large enough to swallow a whole boat

Components

• 夭
• 口
• ノ radical slash, katakana no
• 口 radical mouth
• 大 radical big

Kanji containing 呑

• 喬 high

Words using 呑

• 丸呑み (まるのみ) swallowing whole
• 鵜呑み (うのみ) swallowing without chewing
• ぐい呑み (ぐいのみ) large sake cup
• 固唾を呑む (かたずをのむ) to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
• 水呑百姓 (みずのみびゃくしょう) poor peasant
• 併呑 (へいどん) annexation
• 清濁併呑 (せいだくへいどん) being so broad-minded as to accept all sorts of things, both good and evil
• 網呑舟の魚を漏らす (あみどんしゅうのうおをもらす) the law has holes large enough for the most wicked men to slip through
• 呑吐 (どんと) swallowing and spitting out
• 呑舟の魚 (どんしゅうのうお) fish large enough to swallow a whole boat
• 呑酸 (どんさん) acid reflux
• 呑舟 (どんしゅう) swallowing a boat whole
• 呑気症 (どんきしょう) aerophagia
• 酒呑童子 (しゅてんどうじ) Shuten-dōji
• 呑兵衛 (のんべえ) heavy drinker
• 剣呑 (けんのん) risky

28 words in all.

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