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Kanji Detail for 酵 - "ferment, yeast, enzyme"
酵
- Meaning
酵 means "ferment, yeast, enzyme."
Yeast - The basis for making sake; koji; mold.
To ferment - For sake to brew and bubble.
Sake lees - The residue from sake production.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
fermentation
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
yeast, leaven
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
yeast; leaven; fermentation; Taiwan pr. [xiao4]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
yeast; to leaven
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
When a sugar-containing liquid undergoes chemical action, developing microorganisms, foaming and turning sour, it is called fermentation. As in brewing wine, brewing vinegar, and milk turning sour. Also, adding wine yeast to flour to make it rise is also called fermentation. As in steamed buns and the like.
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