漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
酬: repay, reward
Also: retribution
JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
酉 carries the meaning · 州 gives the sound
13 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
シュウshuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 報酬ほうしゅう
- 応酬おうしゅうexchange (of words, views, punches, cups…
- 無報酬むほうしゅうunpaid; without pay; gratuitous
Also read シュ, トウ, むくいる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
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.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · chóu
Same form: 酬 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 酬 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 酬 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chóu 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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