飲

Glyph origin
In the oracle bone script, it was an – a person bending over a bottle to drink the alcoholic beverage. The droplets represented drops of the drink or saliva.

In the bronze script, the mouth separated from the body and corrupted into, while the rest of the body became. These two components also acted as phonetic components. These changes were inherited in the seal script, leading  to interpret this character as a.

In the clerical script, has been modified to, which is inherited in the current form.

Etymology 1
From.

Definitions

 * 1)  to drink
 * 2)  to attend a banquet
 * 3) to swallow (tears); to nurse (grievance); to keep in the heart
 * 4) beverage; drink
 * 5) diet; food
 * 6)  rice water
 * 7)  sticky and watery
 * 1) beverage; drink
 * 2) diet; food
 * 3)  rice water
 * 4)  sticky and watery
 * 1)  sticky and watery

Definitions

 * 1) to give (animals) water to drink; to water (animals)
 * 2)  to water (plants)
 * 3)  to wine and dine (someone); to entertain with alcohol and food
 * 1)  to wine and dine (someone); to entertain with alcohol and food

Etymology
From.

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Affix

 * 1) drink
 * 2) bear; endure

Noun

 * 1)  drinking (alcoholic beverages)
 * 2)  drink; beverage
 * 3)  banquet; feast

Hanja

 * 1) drink
 * 2) inhale

Compounds

 * 飮食 (음식): food