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酎

酎 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. かもす。
  2. 蒸留酒。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「酉」+音符「寸（肘） /*TU/」。｛酎 /*drus/｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

sake

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • チュウJHS
  • チュ
Kun (native)
  • かも(す)
Other languages
  • 拼音zhou4
  • 한글ju
  • Hán-ViệtTrữu

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
酉(ひよみのとり)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+914E

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰酉寸

Words using this kanji

  • 酎ハイチューハイ炭酸水で割った焼酎（または蒸留酒）。chūhai, shōchū highball
  • 酎ちゅうshōchū

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(16 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-3
Four Corner
1460.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7e3.1
Heisig
1537
Nelson
4777