酌 – bar-tending, serving sake, the host

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The kanji 酌 means bar-tending, serving sake, the host, draw (water), ladle, scoop, pump. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シャク (shaku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is く.む (kumu). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 酉 (no. 164).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シャク	shaku
Kun’yomi	く.む	kumu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 酉 (Kangxi radical 164). Components: 酉・丶・勹.

Words using 酌

酌むくむto pour (sake)

Kanji with the same radical

配酒酸酬酷酔酢酪醜醤

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