The kanji 酒: meaning, readings and stroke order

酒

Meaning: alcohol, sake
On reading: シュ shu
Kun reading: さけ sake、さか* saka
Strokes: 10
Radical: 酉 wine, alcohol
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: rượu (tửu)
Japanese: おさけ。
Korean: 술 (주)
Chinese: 酒

Readings, words and example sentences

シュ shu · on reading · less common

日に本ほん酒しゅ
sake (Japanese rice wine)
日に本ほん酒しゅは米から作ります。
Sake is made from rice.

さけ sake · kun reading · less common

お酒さけ
alcohol, sake
お酒おさけは大人の飲み物です。
Alcohol is a drink for grown-ups.

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.