Radicals › #164 酉
酉
酉 — the “wine” radical
a wine jar; the bird zodiac 13 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.
Kanji using the 酉 radical (13)
配distribute, spouse酒sake, alcohol酸acid, bitterness酬repay, reward酷cruel, severe酔drunk, feel sick醸brew, cause酵fermentation酢vinegar, sour酪dairy products, whey醜ugly, unclean酌bar-tending, serving sake酉west, bird
Radicals (部首, bushu) are the shared building blocks of kanji, used to sort them in every dictionary. Learn the common ones and new kanji stop looking random.
