酬 – repay, reward, retribution

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1515 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 酬 means repay, reward, retribution. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シュウ、シュ、トウ (shuu, shu, tou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is むく.いる (mukuiru). It is written with 13 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	シュウ	shuu
On’yomi	シュ	shu
On’yomi	トウ	tou
Kun’yomi	むく.いる	mukuiru

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: ｜・川・酉・丶.

Words using 酬

報酬ほうしゅうremuneration

Example sentences

その弁護士への報酬はとても高かった。

The lawyer's fee was very high.

Tatoeba #206812

Kanji with the same radical

配酒酸酷酔酢酪醜酌醤

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.