酒
alcohol; sake
10 strokes. Taught in grade 3. Newspaper frequency rank 1006.
Readings
- さけ (kun reading): 酒 (さけ) alcohol; 酒癖 (さけぐせ) drinking habits
- シュ (on reading): 飲酒 (いんしゅ) drinking alcohol; 日本酒 (にほんしゅ) sake (rice wine)
- さか (kun reading): 居酒屋 (いざかや) izakaya; 酒場 (さかば) bar
- Read as a whole word: お神酒 (おみき) sacred wine; お神酒上がらぬ神はない (おみきあがらぬかみはない) even the gods drink sake
Components
Words using 酒
- 酒 (さけ) alcohol
- 酒癖 (さけぐせ) drinking habits
- 酒飲み (さけのみ) (heavy) drinker
- 酒好き (さけずき) love of drink
- 絡み酒 (からみざけ) drunken interaction (usu. unpleasant)
- 飲酒 (いんしゅ) drinking alcohol
- 日本酒 (にほんしゅ) sake (rice wine)
- 酒 (しゅ) alcohol
- 酒造 (しゅぞう) brewing (sake)
- ぶどう酒 (ぶどうしゅ) (grape) wine
- 居酒屋 (いざかや) izakaya
- 酒場 (さかば) bar
- 酒 (さか) alcohol
- 酒屋 (さかや) liquor store
- 酒蔵 (さかぐら) sake brewery
- お神酒 (おみき) sacred wine
- お神酒上がらぬ神はない (おみきあがらぬかみはない) even the gods drink sake
- 黒酒 (くろき) black sake (presented as an offering to the gods)
- 白酒 (パイチュウ) baijiu (distilled Chinese alcohol, made from fermented grains)
- 白酒 (しろき) white sake (presented as an offering to the gods)
- 汾酒 (フェンチュウ) fenjiu (distilled Chinese alcohol made from kaoliang)
- 酒 (ささ) alcohol
292 words in all.