酢 — kanji meaning “vinegar”
酢
vinegar, sour, acid, tart
- Meanings
- vinegar, sour, acid, tart
- On'yomi
- サク (saku)
- Kun'yomi
- す
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1955 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 164
- Chinese reading
- zuò — Chinese character page
Words with 酢
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 酢酸 | さくさん sakusan | acetic acid |
| 酢の物 | すのもの sunomono | vinegared dish; pickled dish |
| 甘酢 | あまず amazu | sweet vinegar |
| ポン酢 | ポンず ponzu | juice pressed from a bitter orange |
| 酢豚 | すぶた subuta | sweet-and-sour pork (oft. with vegetables) |
| 酢漬け | すづけ suzuke | pickling in vinegar; vinegar pickles |
| 酢味噌 | すみそ sumiso | vinegared miso |
| 梅酢 | うめず umezu | plum vinegar; (salted) plum juice |
| 木酢 | もくさく mokusaku | wood vinegar; pyroligneous acid |
| 木酢 | きず kizu | citrus juice (used similarly to vinegar) |
| 食酢 | しょくず shokuzu | vinegar; table vinegar |
| 三杯酢 | さんばいず sanbaizu | vinegar, soy sauce and mirin (or sugar) mixed in roughly equal proportions |
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