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Kanji Detail for 酋 - "aged wine, head brewer, chief, complete"
酋
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Meaning
酋 means "aged wine, head brewer, chief, complete."
Aged wine - Sake fermented for a long time.
Head brewer - The chief of craftsmen who manage wine-making.
Chief - A leader; a head.
Complete - To finish; to accomplish.
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
chieftain
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
chief of tribe, chieftain
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
tribal chief
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
chief of tribe, chieftain
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The head of wine officials. Therefore the leader of any group is called 酋. As in 酋長 (chieftain), 群酋 (group leaders). | To end; to complete. The Book of Odes says: "Like our former lords, completing it." Meaning completing the work of the former rulers.
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Sentences including 酋
More kanji with the radical 酉 (hiyominotori・torihen・sakenotori・koyominotori)
- 酉 rooster, west, 6 pm
- 酌 to pour
- 配 to distribute, to arrange, spouse
- 酎 strong liquor, shochu
- 酒 sake, alcohol
- 酔 to get drunk, intoxication
- 酢 vinegar, sour
- 酪 dairy, milk products
- 酬 reward, to repay
- 酵 to ferment, yeast
- 酷 cruel, harsh
- 酸 sour, acid
- 醇 pure
- 醉 drunk
- 醍 whey, good Buddhist teaching
- 醐 butter, ghee
- 醒 to sober up, to awaken
- 醜 ugly, shameful
- 醬 sauce, soy sauce, paste
- 醸 to brew, to ferment, to create
- 釀 to brew, to ferment