Kanji

2362 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: drink

Kunyomi: の.む

Onyomi: トン ドン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: mouth, opening

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ドンサン acid reflux, heart-burn

ドンシュウ swallowing a boat whole

ヘイドン annexation, merger, swallowing up

清濁併 セイダクヘイドン being so broad-minded as to accept all sorts of things, both good and evil, being broad-minded enough to be tolerant of people of all shades

Kunyomi Examples

飲む のむ to drink, to gulp, to swallow, to take (medicine), to smoke (tobacco), to engulf, to overwhelm, to keep down, to suppress, to accept (e.g. demand, condition), to make light of, to conceal