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[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

(“water,” “liquid”) + (a wine vessel)

[edit] Han character

(radical 164 +3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水一金田 (EMCW), four-corner 31160, composition)

  1. Wine, spirits, liquor, alcoholic beverage.

[edit] Usage notes

This character is often interpreted as “wine”. However, it is commonly applied to many types of fermented drinks and is not specific to grapes.

[edit] References

  • KangXi: page 1281, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39776
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1779, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3574, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+9152

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(jyutping zau2, Yale jau2)


[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

(hiragana さけ, romaji sake)

  1. Alcoholic beverage (e.g., wine, whisky, or saké)
  2. sake, Saké, Japanese rice wine

[edit] Etymology

Originally /ki1/. Likely realized as [ki] (see Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai).

[edit] Noun

(hiragana , romaji ki)

  1. sake
    • 720: Nihon Shoki, volume 32 (Kodai Kayōshū, page 61)
    許能美波和賀美那良受久志能加美登許余迩伊麻須伊波多多須須久那美迦微能加牟菩岐本岐玖流本斯登余本岐本岐母登本斯麻都理許斯美叙阿佐受袁勢佐佐

[edit] Noun

(hiragana くし, romaji kushi)

  1. sake
    • 720: Nihon Shoki, volume 32 (Kodai Kayōshū, page 61)
    許能美岐波和賀美岐那良受久志能加美登許余迩伊麻須伊波多多須須久那美迦微能加牟菩岐本岐玖流本斯登余本岐本岐母登本斯麻都理許斯美岐叙阿佐受袁勢佐佐

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(grade 3 kanji)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

(hangeul , revised ju, McCune-Reischauer chu, Yale cwu)

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[edit] Noun

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin jiǔ)

  1. Wine, spirits, liquor, alcoholic beverage.

[edit] Usage notes

This word is often translated as “wine”. However, it commonly stands for many types of fermented drinks and is not specific to grapes.

[edit] See also

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[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

(*tziǒu)


[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

(tửu, rượu, giậu)

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