酢

See also 醋

Translingual

Han character

酢 (radical 164 酉+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一田人尸 (MWOS), four-corner 1861₁)

1. toast one's host with wine
2. to express juice by pressing

References

• KangXi: page 1282, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39824
• Dae Jaweon: page 1781, character 43
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3578, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9162

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Cantonese

Hanzi

酢 (Yale chou3, ja3 jok6)

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Japanese

Kanji

酢 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. vinegar

Readings

• On: さく (saku)
• Kun: す (su)

Compounds

Compounds starting with 酢

酢酸 (さくさん, sakusan): acetic acid

Alternative forms

• 醋
• 酸

Noun

酢 (hiragana す, romaji su)

1. vinegar

Derived terms

Derived terms

酸っぱい (すっぱい, suppai): sour 酸い (すい, sui): sour 酸し (すし, sushi): sour (archaic) 鮨, 鮓, 寿司 (すし, sushi): sushi

Idioms

Idioms of 酢

酢が過ぎる (すがすぎる, su ga sugiru): Doing too much, being excessive. 酢でさいて飲む (すでさいてのむ, su de saite nomu): Doing something very simple. 酢でも酒塩でも (すでもさかしおでも, su de mo sakashio de mo), 酢でも蒟蒻でも (すでもこんにゃくでも, su de mo konnyaku de mo): (used with a negative verb): Something that cannot be done in the usual fashion, or cannot be done easily. 酢に当て粉に当て (すにあてこにあて, su ni ate ko ni ate), 酢につけ粉につけ (すにつけこにつけ, su ni tsuke ko ni tsuke): About something, about various things; from time to time. 酢にも粉にも (すにもこにも, su ni mo ko ni mo), 酢にも塩にも (すにもしおにも, su ni mo shio ni mo), 酢にも蛸にも (すにもたこにも, su ni mo tako ni mo), 酢にも味噌にも (すにもみそにも, su ni mo miso ni mo): About anything, in anything. 酢の粉の (すのこの, su no ko no), 酢の蒟蒻の (すのこんにゃくの, su no konnyaku no): Of anything, belonging to anything. 酢を買う (すをかう, su o kau), 酢を乞う (すをこう, su o kou): To lose goodwill through excessive sycophancy, to anger someone by saying more than one should; to agitate or instigate, to stir things up.

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Korean

Hanja

酢 (hangeul 초, 작, revised cho, jak, McCune-Reischauer ch'o, chak, Yale cho, cak)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

酢 (pinyin zuò (zuo4), Wade-Giles tso⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

酢 (tạc, thố)