Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
wine, alcohol
Parts:
sake, alcohol
Kun:
さけさか-
On:
シュ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1006 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 酒 【サケ】 alcohol, sake
  • 酒税 【シュゼイ】 liquor tax, tax on alcohol
  • 洋酒 【ヨウシュ】 Western wine and spirits, Western liquor
  • 清酒 【セイシュ】 refined sake

Kun reading compounds

  • 酒 【さけ】 alcohol, sake
  • 酒好き 【さけずき】 love of drink, fondness for alcohol, person who likes to drink, drinker
  • 手酌酒 【てじゃくさけ】 pouring one's own drinks, drinking alone
  • 小酒 【こさけ】 small drink, small amount of alcohol

Readings

Japanese names:
き、 さ、 し
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiu3
Korean:
ju

Spanish

  • sake
  • alcohol
  • vino de arroz

Portuguese

  • sake
  • álcool

French

  • saké
  • alcool
422 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
318 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
302 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
781 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2573 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
347 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
972 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1066 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
517 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
526 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
144 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1789 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
532 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
328 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
403 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1440 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39776 Morohashi
444 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6160 New Nelson (John Haig)
1428 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1535 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
356 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
375 2001 Kanji
3a7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
3116.0 Four corner code
1-28-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9152 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
box
Parts:
Variants:
artisan, workman, carpenter
Kun:
たくみ
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1718 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 匠 【ショウ】 craftsman, artisan, carpenter, (skilled) workman
  • 匠気 【ショウキ】 affectation, desire to be impressive
  • 師匠 【シショウ】 master, teacher, stable master
  • 意匠 【イショウ】 design, idea, conception, plan

Kun reading compounds

  • 匠 【たくみ】 craftsman, artisan, workman, carpenter, craft, craftsmanship, skill, dexterity, design, plot, scheme, artifice, trick
  • 飛騨の匠 【ひだのたくみ】 historical system whereby the Hida region provided the central government 10 carpenters per village in place of taxes

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiang4
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • artesano
  • trabajador

Portuguese

  • artesão
  • carpinteiro

French

  • artisan
  • ouvrier
  • charpentier
1388 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1491 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
761 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1532 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1107 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
503 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1359 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1443 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1715 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
236 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3711 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1900 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2581 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1709 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2605 Morohashi
2990 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
588 New Nelson (John Haig)
1693 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1828 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1063 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3475 2001 Kanji
2t4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-4 SKIP code
7171.2 Four corner code
1-30-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5320 Unicode hex code