12345678910111213Keywordto drinkto drink to an oathFrequency#5818Strokes13ReadingsshàMnemonic欠 (breathe) gives the meaning and 臿 the sound.Stroke orderComposed of臿to separate the grain from the husk欠to oweUsed in vocabulary歃血shàxuèto smear one's lips with the blood of a sacrifice as a means of pledging allegiance (old)歃血为盟shàxuèwéiméngto smear the lips with blood when taking an oath (idiom); to swear a sacred oath歃shàto drink