TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
飲
飲 ＝ 飠 ＋ 欠
ㄧㄣˇ · yǐn
verb — to drink
字源 FORM — what the parts do
飠義food and drink — a covered vessel, the 食 element
A covered vessel (飠, the 食 element) and beside it a figure leaning in with mouth gaping (欠) — someone bowing to the bowl to take a drink. The old graph showed the gulp at a wine jar; the sense is plain: to drink (飲水、飲料).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
人彎下身（欠），對著那盆（飠）張嘴——一口喝下。
A figure bends down (欠), mouth open to the vessel (飠) — and drinks.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)喝、飲水— to drink常用
→飲料— a drink, beverage常用
⇒飲恨、飲泣— to swallow (grief, tears) — drink down what can't be spoken
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension