Kanji N3

酒: sake, alcohol

酒 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning sake, alcohol, written with 10 strokes. It is read シュ (on) and さけ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 酒 (さけ, alcohol) and お酒 (おさけ, alcohol).

酒

Meanings

  • sake
  • alcohol
Strokes10
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#1006 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • シュ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • さけ
  • さか-

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 酒

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 酒さけ

    alcohol; sake

    JLPT N3
  • お酒おさけ

    alcohol; sake

    JLPT N5
  • 酒場さかば

    bar; pub; tavern

    JLPT N2
  • 酒類しゅるい

    alcoholic drinks; liquor

  • 飲酒いんしゅ

    drinking alcohol

  • 日本酒にほんしゅ

    sake (rice wine); saké

  • 酒造しゅぞう

    brewing (sake); distilling (e.g. whisky)

  • 酒税しゅぜい

    liquor tax; tax on alcohol

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.