Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife

酢: vinegar, sour

Also: acid, tart

JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

酉 carries the meaning · 乍 gives the sound

12 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

サクsaku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 酢酸さくさんacetic acid

すsu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 酢すvinegar
  • お酢おすvinegar
  • 甘酢あまずsweet vinegar
  • 酢の物すのものvinegared dish; pickled dish

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Cheers to the harvest! This radical represents the ancient jars of fermented wine and the bounty of the ripened earth.”
More in the 酉 bird of the west story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
酉

Also built on bird of the west (酉)

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乍

Also built on 乍

酢 takes the 乍 family's reading, サク (saku).

Also read サク

13 kanji share this on'yomiAll 13

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
酢 vinegar · 乍
vs酌 bar-tending · 勺
酢 has 乍 where 酌 has 勺.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zuò

Same form: 酢 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
酢 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
酢 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin zuò most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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