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Kanji Detail for 醸 - "to brew, to ferment, to create"

醸

  • Meaning

    醸 means "to brew, to ferment, to create."

    1. Brew - To make alcoholic drinks.

    2. Ferment - To undergo chemical change.

    3. Create - To bring about gradually.

  • Words using 醸

    • 醸成 じょうせい Listen brewing; fermenting; arousing
    • 醸造 じょうぞう Listen brewing

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    • Verified meaning: to brew, to ferment, to create
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    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

    brew; cause

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    brew, ferment

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 釀|酿

  • Onyomi

    tip

    joh(ジョウ) ジョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kamo.su(かも-す) かも-す

  • Strokes

    tip

    20 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    酉 (hiyominotori・torihen・sakenotori・koyominotori)

  • Related Keywords

    to brew to ferment to create mix sake distill aging alcohol beverage concoct drinks flavor infusion liquor malt mash generate

Sentences including 醸

  • Beer is brewed from malt.

More kanji with the radical 酉 (hiyominotori・torihen・sakenotori・koyominotori)

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