Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife

酪: dairy products, whey

Also: broth, fruit juice

JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

酉 carries the meaning · 各 gives the sound

13 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ラクraku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 酪農らくのう
  • 酪らくacidic drink made from fermented milk (cow…
  • 乾酪かんらくcheese

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Where it comes from

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)

All 13
各

Also built on each (各)

The 各 family reads カク (kaku); 酪 is read ラク.

Also read ラク

3 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
酪 dairy products · 各
vs酷 cruel · 告
酪 has 各 where 酷 has 告.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · lào

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

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

Pinyin lào 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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