肴

accompaniment for drinks

8 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names.

Readings

• さかな (kun reading): 肴 (さかな) appetizer or snack served with drinks; 酢肴 (すざかな) vinegared appetizer
• コウ (on reading): 酒肴 (しゅこう) food and (alcoholic) drinks; 佳肴 (かこう) delicacy

Components

• 乂
• 有
• ノ radical slash, katakana no
• 一 radical one
• 丶 radical dot
• 月 radical moon; flesh

Kanji containing 肴

• 淆 turbidity

Words using 肴

• 肴 (さかな) appetizer or snack served with drinks
• 酢肴 (すざかな) vinegared appetizer
• 強い肴 (しいざかな) side dish served in order to encourage the consumption of alcohol (kaiseki cuisine)
• 肴にする (さかなにする) to have as a side order (with drinks)
• 酒の肴 (さけのさかな) appetizer or snack served with drinks
• 酒肴 (しゅこう) food and (alcoholic) drinks
• 佳肴 (かこう) delicacy
• 珍味佳肴 (ちんみかこう) rare delicacies
• 美酒佳肴 (びしゅかこう) fine wines and prized delicacies
• 粗酒粗肴 (そしゅそこう) cheap wines and unpalatable dishes (a modest (self-deprecating) way of offering a meal to a guest)

14 words in all.

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