Kanji N1

汁: soup, juice, broth

汁 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning soup, juice, broth, written with 5 strokes. It is read ジュウ (on) and しる, つゆ (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 汁 (しる, juice) and 灰汁 (あく, lye).

汁

Meanings

  • soup
  • juice
  • broth
  • sap
  • gravy
  • pus
Strokes5
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1843 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ジュウ

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

Kun reading
  • しる
  • -しる
  • つゆ

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 汁

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

  • 汁しる

    juice; sap

    JLPT N2
  • 灰汁あく

    lye

    JLPT N1
  • 果汁かじゅう

    fruit juice

  • 味噌汁みそしる

    miso soup

  • 胆汁たんじゅう

    bile; gall

  • 煮汁にじる

    broth

  • 汁気しるけ

    juice

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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.