饮yǐn
to swallow, to drink; a kind of drink. 7 strokes, radical 饣, first met in HSK 5.
How to write 饮
Strokes 1–3 write 饣, then strokes 4–7 write 欠.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 饮 · the stroke-order rules
What 饮 is made of
饣 (shí, food) and 欠 (qiàn, to lack).
饣 carries the meaning — food — and 欠 carries the sound.
Words that use 饮
| 餐饮 | catering, food and beverage (industry) 泛指提供饮食服务的行业 这条老街的餐饮生意格外红火。The catering business on this old street is booming. Lesson 396, 采办珍馐 · 审时度势与明辨是非 · Discernment & Empirical Truth |
| 饮料 | beverage, drink 指供人饮用的液体制品 团队注重健康饮食，少喝高糖饮料。The team drank fewer sugary drinks. Lesson 513, 厚植精进 · 笃行励志与精勤致远 · Lifelong Dedication & Legal Principles |
| 饮食 | diet, food and drink 指日常饮水与吃饭的习惯 团队注重健康饮食，少喝高糖饮料。The team paid close attention to a healthy diet. Lesson 513, 厚植精进 · 笃行励志与精勤致远 · Lifelong Dedication & Legal Principles |
Characters that share the sound part 欠
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 饣
All 10 of them, and what the radical means, on the 食 radical page.