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酌 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「酉」

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準2High school level ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「酉」
On
シャクしゃく · shaku
Kun
く.むku.mu
Meaning
pour sake; take into account

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A wine jar plus a ladle: to pour out sake; also to draw out and consider someone’s circumstances.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシャクしゃくshaku酌量しゃくりょう晩酌ばんしゃく
Kunくむkumu酌むくむ酌み交わすくみかわす

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 晩酌ばんしゃく

    an evening drink

  • 酌量しゃくりょう

    taking circumstances into account

More words with this kanji

  • 斟酌しんしゃく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

相手(あいて)の事情(じじょう)を酌(く)んで判断(はんだん)した。

I judged it taking the other person’s circumstances into account.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

晩酌酌量酌晩evenin…量quanti…酢vinega…酪dairy…酬repay酷cruel醜ugly爵peerag…勺ladle尺shaku石stone灼to bur…
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Compound

Map of radical 酉Map of reading シャクAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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