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Kanji Detail for 糟 - "dregs, unfiltered sake, pickle"
糟
- Meaning
糟 means "dregs, unfiltered sake, pickle."
Dregs - Sake lees; the residue after pressing sake.
Unfiltered sake - Sake that has not been strained.
Pickle - To preserve in sake lees.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
dregs; sediment; grounds
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
sediment, dregs; pickle
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
sediment, dregs; to waste, to spoil
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Wine dregs. What remains after pressing wine is called 糟粕. Now also saying words without essence are called 糟粕. Based on (Zhuangzi). Also, one's wife is called 糟糠. Because Song Hong had the saying "a wife from chaff and dregs should not be dismissed." Referring to one who shared poverty. Seen in (Book of Later Han). | Pickling things in wine is called 糟. Such as 糟魚 (wine-pickled fish), 糟蛋 (wine-pickled eggs). | Colloquially, when things go wrong it is also called 糟. Meaning they have become ruined.
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