酒
酒 — ju
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 술 주
- Romanization
- ju
- English
- wine, spirits, liquor, alcoholic beverage
- Mandarin
- jiǔ
- Japanese on'yomi
- シュ, シュウ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- さけ さか-
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,006 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 酉 (164, 3 residual)
- Unicode
- U+9152
Parts that make up 酒
How 酒 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 酒 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 酉.
Korean example words with 酒
- 주류酒類 Korean gloss: 술의 종류
- 호주好酒 Korean gloss: 술을 좋아함
- 감주甘酒 Korean gloss: 맛이 좋은 술
- 독주毒酒 Korean gloss: 독약을 탄 술
- 세주歲酒 Korean gloss: 설에 쓰는 술
- 주점酒店 Korean gloss: 술을 파는 집
- 주청酒廳 Korean gloss: 술을 파는 집
- 주후酒後 Korean gloss: 술에 취한 뒤
- 진주珍酒 Korean gloss: 아주 귀한 술
- 벌주罰酒 Korean gloss: 벌로 먹이는 술
- 제주祭酒 Korean gloss: 제사에 쓰는 술
- 주기酒氣 Korean gloss: 술에 취한 기운
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 酒
- 酒さけ alcohol; sake
- 日本酒にほんしゅ sake (rice wine); saké
- 酒類しゅるい alcoholic drinks; liquor
- 居酒屋いざかや izakaya; tavern, bar, etc. that also serves various dishes and snacks
- 飲酒いんしゅ drinking alcohol
- 酒造しゅぞう brewing (sake); distilling (e.g. whisky)
- 酒税しゅぜい liquor tax; tax on alcohol
- 酒場さかば bar; pub; tavern
- 酒屋さかや liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop
- 洋酒ようしゅ Western wine and spirits; Western liquor
- 清酒せいしゅ refined sake
- 酒店さかだな liquor store; off-licence; bottle shop
Other hanja read “주”
Other hanja with radical 酉
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