Hanja Analyzer
酌

酌 — jak

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
술부을/잔질할 작
Romanization
jak
English
serve wine; feast; deliberate
Mandarin
zhuó
Japanese on'yomi
シャク
Japanese kun'yomi
く.む
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#2,271 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
酉 (164, 3 residual)
Phonetic component
勺
Unicode
U+914C

Parts that make up 酌

  • 酉 닭 유 술 담는 항아리술과 발효, 익히는 일
  • 勺 구기 작sound 자루 달린 국자‘작·적’ 계열의 소리

How 酌 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 酌 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 酉, 勺.

Korean example words with 酌

  • 수작酬酌 Korean gloss: 술잔을 서로 주고받음
  • 대작對酌 Korean gloss: 마주 대하고 술을 마심
  • 참작參酌 Korean gloss: 이리저리 비추어 보아서 알맞게 고려함
  • 작부酌婦 Korean gloss: 술집에서 손님을 접대하고 술 시중을 드는 여자
  • 전작前酌 Korean gloss: 술자리에 참여하기 전에 이미 딴 자리에서 마신 술
  • 자작하다自酌 Korean gloss: 자기 스스로 술을 따라 마시다
  • 작처하다酌處 Korean gloss: 죄의 가볍고 무거움을 헤아려 처단하다
  • 짐작되다斟酌 Korean gloss: 사정이나 형편 따위가 대강 헤아려지다
  • 작헌의酌獻儀 Korean gloss: 제사에서, 술을 부어 신위(神位) 앞에 드리는 의식
  • 작량酌量 Korean gloss: 짐작하여 헤아림.
  • 소작小酌 Korean gloss: 조촐하게 차린 술자리.
  • 작교酌交 Korean gloss: 술을 따라 서로 권함.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 酌

  • 媒酌ばいしゃく matchmaking; acting as a go-between
  • 晩酌ばんしゃく drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink
  • 情状酌量じょうじょうしゃくりょう taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration
  • 酌しゃく pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)
  • 参酌さんしゃく comparison and choosing the good; consultation; referring to
  • 酌むくむ to pour (sake); to serve; to drink (together)
  • 酌量しゃくりょう taking into consideration; making allowances
  • 手酌てじゃく helping oneself to a drink; pouring one's own drink
  • 独酌どくしゃく drinking alone; solitary drinking
  • 斟酌しんしゃく taking into consideration; making allowances (for); reserve
  • お酌おしゃく pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol for guests or customers (typically a woman); (apprentice) geisha
  • 酌婦しゃくふ barmaid; waitress

Characters sharing the phonetic 勺

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “작”

Other hanja with radical 酉

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