The kanji 醸: meaning, readings and stroke order

醸

Meaning: brew, create (a mood)
On reading: ジョウ jou
Kun reading: かも（す） kamosu
Strokes: 20
Radical: 酉 wine, alcohol
Level: Level 9 · senior high school
Old form: 釀

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: ủ (rượu), tạo ra (nhưỡng)
Japanese: おさけやみそをつくる。ふんいきをつくりだす。
Korean: 빚다, 자아내다 (양)
Chinese: 酿造、酿成 (酿)

Readings, words and example sentences

ジョウ jou · on reading · less common

醸じょう造ぞう
brewing, making by fermenting
みそを 醸じょう造ぞうする工場です。
This is a factory where miso is made by fermenting.

かも（す） kamosu · kun reading · less common

醸かもす
to create (a mood), to give off
しずかな雰囲気を 醸かもします。
It creates a calm, quiet mood.

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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.