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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)

酒槽さかぶね

sake cask

酒母しゅぼ

yeast mash

良酒りょうしゅ

good wine

古い革袋に新しい酒を盛るふるいかわぶくろにあたらしいさけをもる

to pour new wine into old wineskins

酒は百薬の長さけはひゃくやくのちょう

good wine makes good blood

新しい酒は古い革袋に入れるあたらしいさけはふるいかわぶくろにいれる

to put new wine into old wineskins

飲酒検知器いんしゅけんちき

breathalyser

飲酒店いんしゅてん

drinking establishment

酒の上でさけのうえで

under the influence of alcohol

コップ酒コップざけ

sake in a tumbler

二級酒にきゅうしゅ

second-grade alcohol

杏酒あんずしゅ

sake made from apricot

断酒だんしゅ

abstinence from alcohol

酒焼けさけやけ

facial flushing

酒旗さかばた

flag raised as a sign for an izakaya

酒さしゅさ

rosacea

純米吟醸酒じゅんまいぎんじょうしゅ

ginjō sake with no added alcohol

猿酒さるざけ

monkey booze

ひれ酒ひれざけ

hot sake with grilled fish fins (esp. fugu or sea bream)

温め酒あたためざけ

warm sake (formerly drunk on the 9th day of the 9th month of the lunar calendar to ward off illness)

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