酌
酌 — Bar-tending
bar-tending, serving sake, the host, draw (water), ladle, scoop
On’yomiシャク (shaku)
Kun’yomiくむ (kumu)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 酌
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 媒酌 | ばいしゃく baishaku | matchmaking; acting as a go-between |
| 晩酌 | ばんしゃく banshaku | drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink |
| 情状酌量 | じょうじょうしゃくりょう joujoushakuryou | taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration |
Study notes
酌 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2271 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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