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Kanji Detail for 酎 - "strong liquor, shochu"

酎

  • Meaning

    酎 means "strong liquor, shochu."

    1. Strong liquor - Concentrated alcohol; potent spirits.

    2. Shochu - A Japanese distilled spirit (abbreviation).

  • Words using 酎

    • 焼酎 しょうちゅう Listen shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.

  • Tattoo check: 酎

    • Verified meaning: strong liquor, shochu
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ちゅう)

    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.

  • Name readings of 酎

    Given names 酎(ちゅう)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    chu(チュ) チュ

    chuu(チュウ) チュウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kamo.su(かも-す) かも-す

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    酉 (hiyominotori・torihen・sakenotori・koyominotori)

  • Related Keywords

    strong liquor shochu distilled spirits alcohol beverage brewery brewing distillation fermentation potent concentrated sake

Sentences including 酎

  • How about shochu mixed with hot water?

  • We drank shochu at the karaoke bar.

  • It's very easy to drink potato shochu now that the potato-like smell has been reduced to a low level through use of the latest biotechnology.

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

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