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酎 means 'sake'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 2294   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-44    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 1 word   Used in 9 words   Used in 6 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   チュウ
Additional readings
On    チュ
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Learn how to drink shochu, how to make it, and how to classify it. See how a love of shochu made 16th-century carpenters resentful. Discover what shochu has to do with Marlon Brando, Napoleon, sweet potato shortages, and longevity. Learn when tastelessness is a virtue in a drink. And find out how moonshine inspired a term used to denigrate certain literature.
Components
⿰  酉 sake flask  寸 inch  
See also
尊 precious  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 酎 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 酎 is used 9 times, read 1 way.
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チュウ : 9 words FIND ALL
い も じ ょ う ち ゅ う 3
noun
sweet potato shochu (distilled liquor)
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An additional 尊 less common words include 酎 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: -  Joy o' Kanji : 2066  Key to Kanji: - 

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酎
チュウ    sake   
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寸
スン   inch
酉
sake flask   とり sign of the bird   
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西
セイ   サイ   にし west   
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
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