JLPT N1 · 10 strokes
Kanji 酌: "bar-tending, serving sake, the host"
The kanji 酌 means "bar-tending, serving sake, the host, draw (water), ladle, scoop". It is written with 10 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read シャク in on'yomi and く.む in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シャク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
く.む
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | bar-tending, serving sake, the host, draw (water), ladle, scoop |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 10 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 2271 of 2,501 |
Common words with 酌
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 酌pouring alcohol · person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)
- 酌み交わすto pour drinks for each other; to drink together
- 情状酌量taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration
- 晩酌drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink
- お酌pouring alcohol · person pouring alcohol for guests or customers (typically a woman)
- 斟酌taking into consideration; making allowances (for) · reserve; restraint; leniency; mercy
- 手酌helping oneself to a drink; pouring one's own drink
- 酌むto pour (sake); to serve; to drink (together) · to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with; to intuit; to understand
- 酌量taking into consideration; making allowances
- 酌婦barmaid; waitress
- 意を酌むto enter into a person's feelings; to guess what someone feels (using one's intuition)
- 媒酌人matchmaker; go-between
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