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Kanji Detail for 酎 - "strong liquor, shochu"
酎
- Meaning
酎 means "strong liquor, shochu."
Strong liquor - Concentrated alcohol; potent spirits.
Shochu - A Japanese distilled spirit (abbreviation).
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
sake
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
double-fermented wine, vintage wine
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
strong wine
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
double-fermented wine, vintage wine
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Pure wine. Refers to wine brewed multiple times. Today called double-brewed wine. In Han Dynasty, wine offered to ancestral temples was called 酎. At that time, some members of the imperial clan lost their titles due to offenses related to the 酎金 (gold offering), referring to the contribution for assisting in sacrifices.
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