汁
汁 — Soup
soup, juice, broth, sap, gravy, pus
On’yomiジュウ (juu)
Kun’yomiしる (shiru)
Kun’yomi-しる (shiru)
Kun’yomiつゆ (tsuyu)
Stroke order (5 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 汁
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 汁 | しる shiru | juice; sap; soup |
| 果汁 | かじゅう kajuu | fruit juice |
| 味噌汁 | みそしる misoshiru | miso soup |
| 胆汁 | たんじゅう tanjuu | bile; gall |
| 煮汁 | にじる nijiru | broth |
| 汁気 | しるけ shiruke | juice |
Study notes
汁 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 5 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1843 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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