Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
wine, alcohol
Parts:
Variants:
vinegar, sour, acid, tart
Kun:
On:
サク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1955 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 酢酸 【サクサン】 acetic acid
  • 酢酸エチル 【サクサンエチル】 ethyl acetate
  • 木酢 【モクサク】 wood vinegar, pyroligneous acid
  • 鉛酢 【エンサク】 Goulard's extract, subacetate of lead, vinegar of lead

Kun reading compounds

  • 酢 【す】 vinegar
  • 酢の物 【すのもの】 vinegared dish, pickled dish
  • お酢 【おす】 vinegar
  • 合成酢 【ごうせいす】 synthetic vinegar

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zuo4
Korean:
cho, jag

Spanish

  • vinagre
  • agrio
  • ácido

Portuguese

  • vinagre
  • azedo
  • ácido
  • picante

French

  • vinaigre
  • aigre
  • acide
  • sur (goût)
1300 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1633 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4783 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1605 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1833 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1654 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1867 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2027 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1592 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1792 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1910 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1016 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1373 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1446 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39824 Morohashi
1516 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6169 New Nelson (John Haig)
1434 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1542 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1596 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3254 2001 Kanji
7e5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-5 SKIP code
1861.1 Four corner code
1-31-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9162 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
Variants:
harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
124 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 和 【ワ】 sum, harmony, peace, Japan, Japanese-style
  • 和歌 【ワカ】 waka, classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
  • 講和 【コウワ】 reconciliation (between warring nations), (making of) peace
  • 英和 【エイワ】 English-Japanese, English-Japanese dictionary
  • 阿蘭陀 【オランダ】 Netherlands, Holland
  • 和尚 【オショウ】 priestly teacher, preceptor, monk (esp. the head monk of a temple), priest, head priest, second highest priestly rank in Buddhism, master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
  • 和声 【ワセイ】 harmony, concord, consonance
  • 和尚 【オショウ】 priestly teacher, preceptor, monk (esp. the head monk of a temple), priest, head priest, second highest priestly rank in Buddhism, master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
  • 諧和 【カイワ】 gentle mutual affection, harmony, harmony

Kun reading compounds

  • 和らぐ 【やわらぐ】 to soften, to calm down, to be eased, to be mitigated, to subside, to abate
  • 和らげる 【やわらげる】 to soften, to moderate, to relieve
  • 和む 【なごむ】 to be softened, to calm down
  • 和やか 【なごやか】 mild, calm, gentle, quiet, congenial, amicable, amiable, friendly, genial, harmonious, peaceful
  • 和える 【あえる】 to dress (vegetables, salad, etc.)

Readings

Japanese names:
あい、 いず、 かず、 かつ、 かつり、 かづ、 たけ、 ち、 とも、 な、 にぎ、 まさ、 やす、 よし、 より、 わだこ、 わっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
he2, he4, huo2, huo4, huo5, hai1, he5
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • armonía
  • paz
  • estilo japonés
  • suavizar
  • calmar
  • tranquilo
  • armonioso

Portuguese

  • harmonia
  • estilo Japonês
  • paz
  • amaciar
  • Japão

French

  • harmonie
  • style japonais
  • paix
  • adoucir
  • Japon
338 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
440 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
416 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
151 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3268 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
277 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
412 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
638 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.5 Japanese for Busy People
124 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
124 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
352 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
326 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1450 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
769 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1044 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
906 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3490 Morohashi
1130 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
770 New Nelson (John Haig)
897 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
963 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
85 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
318 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2277 2001 Kanji
5d3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-3 SKIP code
2690.0 Four corner code
1-47-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
548c Unicode hex code