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Kanji Detail for 酸 - "sour, acid"

酸

  • Meaning

    酸 means "sour, acid." Also associated with painful.

    1. Sour - Having an acidic taste; tangy.

    2. Acid - A chemical compound; vinegar-like.

    3. Painful - Causing suffering; bitter.

    4. Oxygen - The chemical element (O).

  • Words using 酸

    • 酸化 さんか Listen oxidation; oxidization
    • 酸性 さんせい Listen acidity; acidic
    • 酸素 さんそ Listen oxygen (O)
    • 核酸 かくさん Listen nucleic acid
    • 一酸化炭素 いっさんかたんそ Listen carbon monoxide
    • 炭酸 たんさん Listen carbonic acid; carbonated water; carbonated drink
    • 酸っぱい すっぱい Listen sour; acid
    • アミノ酸 アミノさん Listen amino acid

  • Four-character idioms with 酸

    • 辛酸甘苦 しんさんかんく Listen hardships and joys; tasting the sweets and bitters of life; being well-versed in the ways of the world (having seen much of life)

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    • Verified meaning: sour, acid
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: painful

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    acid; bitterness; sour; tart

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    tart, sour; acid; stiff; spoiled

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    sour; tart; sick at heart; grieved; sore; aching; pedantic; impractical; to make sarcastic remarks about sb; an acid

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    tart, sour; spoiled; acid

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The taste of vinegar. | A chemistry term. Substances with a sour taste, such as hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid, are all called acids. | Pain is called 酸. As in the colloquial 腿酸 (leg soreness), 腰酸 (back soreness). | Grief is called 酸. As in 酸鼻 (moved to tears), 心酸 (heartache). | To describe a poor scholar, one says 寒酸 (impoverished).

  • Onyomi

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    san(サン) サン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    sui(す-い) す-い

  • Strokes

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    14 strokes

  • Radical

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    酉 (hiyominotori・torihen・sakenotori・koyominotori)

  • Related Keywords

    sour acid painful humiliating oxygen acetic citrus compound lemon ph suffering tangy tart taste vinegar

Sentences including 酸

  • You can't live without oxygen.

  • She died for lack of air.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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