喫 means “drink, smoke, enjoy”

きつ · kitsu

Also: consume, eat

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

のむ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

キツ

JLPT N2 · Taught in secondary school · 12 strokes

The story

A mouth (口) beside a pledge (契): picture sealing a deal over coffee. 喫 is taking something in: a 喫茶店 is an old-style coffee shop, 喫煙 is smoking, and 満喫 is enjoying a trip or a meal to the full.

Used in 喫茶店 (kissaten, coffee shop), 喫煙 (kitsuen, smoking), and 満喫 (mankitsu, full enjoyment)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.