Onyomi: キツ · Kunyomi: の.む · Meanings: consume, drink, eat, receive (a blow), smoke
Kanji for consume, drink, eat, receive a blow, smoke
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喫 is made from the mouth radical 口 on the left and 契 on the right. 口 represents the mouth, used for eating, drinking, and breathing. 契 has the idea of biting, cutting, or making contact. Together, they show the action of putting something into the mouth and biting or consuming it. From this idea, 喫 came to mean to eat, drink, or smoke.
喫 shows using the mouth to consume something.
Imagine putting food or a cigarette into your mouth (口) and taking a bite or puff (契). That action of consuming is 喫.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 喫茶店 | きっさてん | coffee shop, tearoom, coffee lounge, coffeehouse, cafe | common JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 吸う | すう | to smoke, to breathe in, to inhale | common JLPT-N5 Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb |
| 喫煙 | きつえん | smoking (tobacco) | common Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 喫する | きっする | to eat, to drink, to smoke, to take | common Suru verb - special class, Transitive verb |
| 吃驚 | びっくり | to be surprised, to be amazed, to be frightened, to be astonished, to get startled, to jump | common JLPT-N3 JLPT-N1 Suru verb, Intransitive verb, Adverb (fukushi) |
| 喫茶 | きっさ | tea drinking | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 喫煙者 | きつえんしゃ | smoker | Noun |
| 喫煙席 | きつえんせき | smoking seat (in a restaurant, train, etc.), smoking section | Noun |
| 喫煙所 | きつえんじょ | smoking area, smoking corner | Noun |
| 喫緊 | きっきん | urgent, pressing, exigent | Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun |
| 喫煙コーナー | きつえんコーナー | smoking corner | Noun |
| 喫水 | きっすい | sea gauge, draft, draught | Noun |
| 喫す | きっす | to eat, to drink, to smoke | Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 喫煙車 | きつえんしゃ | smoking car, (rental) car in which smoking is allowed | Noun |
| 喫茶室 | きっさしつ | coffee room (hotel, office building, etc.), tea room | Noun |