酸 – acid, bitterness, sour

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The kanji 酸 means acid, bitterness, sour, tart. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is サン (san); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is す.い (sui). It is written with 14 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	サン	san
Kun’yomi	す.い	sui

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・儿・厶・夂.

Words using 酸

酸性さんせいacidity酸素さんそoxygen (O)酸化さんかoxidation酸さんacid

Example sentences

パイナップルやレモンのような酸性の果実はすっぱい。

Acid fruits like pineapples and lemons are sour.

Tatoeba #198334

酸素が無ければ生きられない。

You can't live without oxygen.

Tatoeba #169301

チョコレートにはＬＤＬの酸化を防止する力がある。

Chocolate acts to prevent LDL oxidisation.

Tatoeba #74711

Kanji with the same radical

配酒酬酷酔酢酪醜酌醤

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