醸
醸 — Brew
brew, cause
On’yomiジョウ (jou)
Kun’yomiかもす (kamosu)
Stroke order (20 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 醸
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 醸成 | じょうせい jousei | brewing; fermenting; arousing |
| 醸造 | じょうぞう jouzou | brewing |
| 吟醸酒 | ぎんじょうしゅ ginjoushu | ginjō sake; high-quality sake brewed by low temperature fermentation from white rice milled to 60% |
| 醸し出す | かもしだす kamoshidasu | to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender |
Study notes
醸 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 20 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1838 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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