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酵: fermentation

JLPT N114 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

酉 carries the meaning · 孝 gives the sound

14 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 酵素こうそenzyme
  • 発酵はっこうfermentation; zymosis
  • 酵母こうぼyeast; leaven

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
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jiào

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

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

Pinyin jiào 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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