喫

consume; eat; drink; smoke; receive (a blow)

12 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1347.

Readings

• キツ (on reading): 喫する (きっする) to eat; 喫煙 (きつえん) smoking (tobacco)
• のむ (kun reading): 喫む (のむ) to smoke (tobacco)

Components

• 口
• 契
• 二 radical two
• 亠 radical lid
• 刀 radical sword
• 口 radical mouth
• 土 radical earth
• 大 radical big

Words using 喫

• 喫する (きっする) to eat
• 喫煙 (きつえん) smoking (tobacco)
• 喫茶店 (きっさてん) coffee shop
• 満喫 (まんきつ) having one's fill (of food or drink)
• 喫煙者 (きつえんしゃ) smoker
• 喫む (のむ) to smoke (tobacco)
• 黄泉戸喫 (よもつへぐい) eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld)

41 words in all.

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