consume, eat, drink, smoke
Also: receive (a blow)
On'yomi (音読み)
- キツ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- の.む
About this kanji
The kanji 喫, pronounced 'kits' in on'yomi and 'nomu' in kun'yomi, primarily means to consume, eat, or drink. It's typically used in nouns rather than verbs. For example, 喫煙 (きつえん) refers to smoking, 喫茶 (きっさ) means tea drinking, and 満喫 (まんきつ) expresses having one's fill, whether it’s food or drink. Additionally, 喫する (きっする) can mean to eat in a more formal context. A useful note is that you'll often see 喫 in various establishments like 喫茶店 (きっさてん), which is a coffee shop where people relax and enjoy drinks.
Example sentences
彼はタバコを喫煙している。
He is smoking a cigarette.
Meanings across languages
- English
- consume, eat, drink, smoke, receive (a blow)
- Tiếng Việt
- tiêu thụ
- 日本語
- 食べる
- 한국어
- 소비
- 中文
- 吃
- id
- mengonsumsi
- th
- บริโภค
- es
- consumir
- fr
- consommer
- de
- verzehren
- pt
- consumir
Common compounds
- 喫煙きつえんsmoking (tobacco)
- 喫茶きっさtea drinking, teahouse, tearoom
- 満喫まんきつhaving one's fill (of food or drink), eating (drinking) to one's heart's content, enjoying to the full
- 喫するきっするto eat, to drink, to smoke
- 喫茶店きっさてんcoffee shop, tearoom, coffee lounge
- 喫緊きっきんurgent, pressing, exigent
- 喫水きっすいsea gauge, draft, draught
- 喫飯きっぱんtaking a meal, eating
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