酌 — bar-tending, serving sake, the host

しゃく酌 bar-tending

しゃく

U+914C Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #2271 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1536 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

bar-tending
serving sake
the host
draw
ladle
scoop
pump

Readings

On'yomi: しゃく shaku
Kun'yomi: く ku

word

しゃく shaku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

晩(ばん) 酌(しゃく) banshaku evening drink (with dinner)

Words by frequency and grade

1 word

Each dot is a word containing 酌: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 1 word has no frequency rank; it sits in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

酉 wine jar

勺 ladle

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#164 酉 wine jar