The kanji 酢: meaning, readings and stroke order

酢

Meaning: vinegar
On reading: サク saku
Kun reading: す su
Strokes: 12
Radical: 酉 wine, alcohol
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: giấm (tạc)
Japanese: す。すっぱいちょうみりょう。
Korean: 식초 (초)
Chinese: 醋

Readings, words and example sentences

サク saku · on reading · less common

酢さく酸さん
acetic acid
酢さく酸さんのにおいがします。
It smells of acetic acid.

す su · kun reading

酢す
vinegar
サラダに酢すをかけます。
I put vinegar on the salad.

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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.