酢

vinegar; sour; acid; tart

12 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1955.

Readings

• す (kun reading): ポン酢 (ポンず) juice pressed from a bitter orange; 酢豚 (すぶた) sweet-and-sour pork (oft. with vegetables)
• サク (on reading): 酢酸 (さくさん) acetic acid; 酢酸エチル (さくさんエチル) ethyl acetate
• Read as a whole word: 酢漿草 (かたばみ) creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

Components

• 酉
• 乍
• ノ radical slash, katakana no
• ｜ radical vertical stroke
• 酉 radical sake jar; bird (zodiac)

Words using 酢

• ポン酢 (ポンず) juice pressed from a bitter orange
• 酢豚 (すぶた) sweet-and-sour pork (oft. with vegetables)
• 酢飯 (すめし) vinegared rice
• 酢の物 (すのもの) vinegared dish
• 甘酢 (あまず) sweet vinegar
• 酢酸 (さくさん) acetic acid
• 酢酸エチル (さくさんエチル) ethyl acetate
• オキサロ酢酸 (オキサロさくさん) oxaloacetic acid
• 無水酢酸 (むすいさくさん) acetic anhydride
• 酢酸塩 (さくさんえん) acetate
• 酢漿草 (かたばみ) creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

91 words in all.

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