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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)

brewing industry

merrymaking

drinking money

drinker

swearing off liquor

sake cup

brewery

sake brewery

sake (implied to be low-grade)

銘酒屋めいしゅや

brothel (masked as a seller of high-quality sake)

barhopping

heavy drinking

celebratory drink

large quantities of alcohol

大酒飲みおおざけのみ

heavy drinker

特級酒とっきゅうしゅ

highest or finest quality sake

寝酒ねざけ

nightcap

薬酒やくしゅ

alcoholic beverage for medicinal purposes

薬用酒やくようしゅ

alcoholic beverage for medicinal purposes

卸酒販おろししゅはん

wholesale alcohol trade

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