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喝
Meaning
- to drink
Example sentence
不要喝酒。
Don't drink any alcohol.
The character 喝
喝 is 口, a mouth, with 曷 for the sound, and it is drinking and nothing else: 喝水, 喝茶, 喝酒. Its twin is 渴, thirsty, which keeps 曷 and swaps the mouth for water.