Hanja Analyzer
酢

酢 — cho, jak

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
초 초, 술권할 작
Romanization
cho, jak
English
toast one's host with wine; to express juice by pressing
Mandarin
zuò
Japanese on'yomi
サク, ザク, ソ
Japanese kun'yomi
す
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,955 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Variant forms
醋
Radical
酉 (164, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
乍
Unicode
U+9162

Parts that make up 酢

  • 酉 닭 유 술 담는 항아리술과 발효, 익히는 일
  • 乍 잠깐 사sound 나무를 찍는 도끼‘사·작·조’ 계열의 소리

How 酢 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 酢 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 酉, 乍.

Korean example words with 酢

  • 어초魚酢 Korean gloss: 생선을 소금에 절여서 삭힌 것.
  • 압초鴨酢 Korean gloss: 집오리 고기로 담근 젓. 집오리 고기의 살을 잘게 썰어 소금과 술을 쳐서 하루 만에 국물을 따라 버린 다음, 파ㆍ생강ㆍ후춧가루
  • 호마초胡麻酢 Korean gloss: 식초의 하나. 참깨나 검은깨를 쪄서 빻은 다음 여기에 간장, 소금, 설탕 따위를 섞어 만든다.
  • 초장초酢漿草 Korean gloss: 괭이밥과의 여러해살이풀. 높이는 10~30cm이며, 잎은 어긋나고 세 갈래로 갈라지며, 작은 잎은 거꾸로 된 심장 모양이다.

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

Japanese words with 酢

  • 酢す vinegar
  • 酢酸さくさん acetic acid
  • 酢の物すのもの vinegared dish; pickled dish
  • 甘酢あまず sweet vinegar
  • お酢おす vinegar
  • 酢豚すぶた sweet-and-sour pork (oft. with vegetables)
  • 梅酢うめず plum vinegar; (salted) plum juice
  • 酢飯すめし vinegared rice; rice prepared for sushi
  • 米酢よねず rice vinegar
  • 黒酢くろず black vinegar, usu. produced from unpolished rice; charred kelp or shiitake mushrooms ground and mixed with vinegar, used to dress raw fish and vegetables
  • 酢貝すがい Lunella coreensis (species of turban shell)
  • 酢肴すざかな vinegared appetizer

Characters sharing the phonetic 乍

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

Other hanja read “초”

Other hanja with radical 酉

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