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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)

ラム酒ラムしゅ

rum

吟醸酒ぎんじょうしゅ

ginjō sake

紅灯緑酒こうとうりょくしゅ

(nights of) fun, food, and drink

happōshu

master of sake

master of sake

Shaoxing wine

Chinese alcohol

alcohol (esp. sake) served in a small wooden box

酒気を帯びているしゅきをおびている

to be drunk

花見酒はなみざけ

sake drunk while viewing cherry blossoms

びわ酒びわしゅ

loquat wine

酒蒸しさかむし

seafood seasoned with salt and sake then steamed

酒石しゅせき

tartar (as formed during the fermentation of wine, etc.)

cream of tartar

nightcap

being a bad drunk

maotai (variety of distilled Chinese alcohol)

黄酒おうしゅ

huangjiu

酒殿さかどの

sake brewery

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