汁 – soup, juice, broth

5 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1843 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 汁 means soup, juice, broth, sap, gravy, pus. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジュウ (juu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is しる、-しる、つゆ (shiru, shiru, tsuyu). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジュウ	juu
Kun’yomi	しる	shiru
Kun’yomi	-しる	shiru
Kun’yomi	つゆ	tsuyu

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: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 十.

Words using 汁

汁しるjuice

Example sentences

彼女は御茶にレモンの汁をたらした。

She dropped lemon juice into her tea.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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