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漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife

醸: brew, cause

JLPT N120 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

酉 carries the meaning · 㐮 gives the sound

20 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ジョウjou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 醸成じょうせいbrewing; fermenting
  • 醸造じょうぞうbrewing
  • 吟醸酒ぎんじょうしゅginjō sake

かもすkamosu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 醸し出すかもしだすto create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.)

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

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
醸 brew · 酉
vs譲 defer · 言
醸 has 酉 where 譲 has 言.
In ChineseSimplified 酿 · traditional 釀 · niàng

Three different forms: Japanese 醸, simplified 酿, traditional 釀.

Simplified
酿 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
釀 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin niàng 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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