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Chinese symbol for “sake”

清酒
qīng jiǔ
sake (Japanese rice wine)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sake is 清酒 (qīng jiǔ), defined as: sake (Japanese rice wine).

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Characters and stroke order

清 qīng
clean, pure; clear, distinct; peaceful
radical 85 ⽔ · 11 strokes
酒 jiǔ
wine, spirits, liquor, alcohol
radical 164 ⾣ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 清酒.

WordPinyinMeaning
清楚qīng chuclear; distinct
清理qīng lǐto clear up; to tidy up
清晰qīng xīclear; distinct
高清gāo qīnghigh definition (television etc); high fidelity (audio)
清洁 (清潔)qīng jiéclean; to clean
清醒qīng xǐngclear-headed; sober
酒店jiǔ diànwine shop; pub (public house)
酒吧jiǔ bābar (place to buy drinks); measure word: 家 (jiā)

See also: Japanese symbol for “sake”.

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