酸
acid; bitterness; sour; tart
14 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 1218.
Readings
- サン (on reading): 酸素 (さんそ) oxygen (O); リン酸 (りんさん) phosphoric acid
- すい (kun reading): 酸っぱい (すっぱい) sour; 甘酸っぱい (あまずっぱい) sweet and sour
- Read as a whole word: 赤酸塊 (あかすぐり) redcurrant (Ribes rubrum); 房酸塊 (ふさすぐり) cultivated currant (Ribes altissimum); 溝酸漿 (みぞほおずき) monkey flower (plant)
Components
Words using 酸
- 酸素 (さんそ) oxygen (O)
- リン酸 (りんさん) phosphoric acid
- 炭酸 (たんさん) carbonic acid
- 二酸化炭素 (にさんかたんそ) carbon dioxide
- 酸化 (さんか) oxidation
- 酸っぱい (すっぱい) sour
- 甘酸っぱい (あまずっぱい) sweet and sour
- 酸い (すい) sour
- 虫酸 (むしず) stomach acid that flows backwards into the mouth (due to acid reflux)
- 酸いも甘いも噛み分ける (すいもあまいもかみわける) to be experienced in the ways of the world
- 赤酸塊 (あかすぐり) redcurrant (Ribes rubrum)
- 房酸塊 (ふさすぐり) cultivated currant (Ribes altissimum)
- 溝酸漿 (みぞほおずき) monkey flower (plant)
- 大葉溝酸漿 (おおばみぞほおずき) plant native to eastern Russia and Hokkaido (Mimulus sessilifolius Maxim. p)
- 赤酸漿 (あかかがち) winter cherry (Physalis alkekengi)
801 words in all.