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酵 — Chinese character

酵
jiào
yeast; to leaven

Pinyin
jiào
Radical
164 ⾣ (Wine)
Strokes
14
Components
酉 孝
Formation
pictophonetic — wine; meaning component 酉; sound component 孝
Japanese
酵 as a kanji

Common words with 酵

WordPinyinMeaning
发酵 (發酵)fā jiàoto ferment; (fig.) (of trends, emotions or repercussions etc) to bubble away; to simmer; to develop
酵母jiào mǔyeast; saccharomycete (abbr. for 酵母菌 (jiào mǔ jūn))
酵素jiào sùenzyme
酵母菌jiào mǔ jūnyeast; saccharomycete
糖酵解táng jiào jiěglycolysis (anaerobic metabolism of glucose)
酵母醇jiào mǔ chúnzymosterol
酵解作用jiào jiě zuò yòngzymolysis
酦酵 (醱酵)fā jiàovariant of 发酵 (fā jiào)

English words written with 酵

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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