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酒

JLPT N3 SL3 10 strokes Frequency: #1006

Meanings

Sake, Alcohol

Radicals

酉

Decomposition

⿰氵酉

Etymology

Ideographic: A jar 酉 of wine 氵; 酉 also provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 10

Stroke Order

1 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

2 dot bottom-to-top

3 rising bottom-to-top

4 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

5 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

6 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

7 diagonal right-to-left

8 curve right-to-left

9 horizontal bottom-to-top

10 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シュ shu

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

さけ sake

Words Using This Kanji

257 words total

Other (20 words)

古酒こしゅ

well-cured sake

冷酒ひやざけ

cold sake

乱酒らんしゅ

drunken spree or frenzy

sake lees

brewage

(heavy) drinker

sacred wine

doburoku (unrefined sake)

unrefined sake

canteen

liquor store

drinking bout

(ethyl) alcohol

wine and women

liquor store

liquor tax

liquor trade

drinking habits

liquor-soaked

wholesale alcohol trade

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