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汁

Soup
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingジュウ
Kun readingしる
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8Level 35

Meanings

  1. soupRtK
    私は基本的な朝食であるみそ汁とご飯が好きです。I like a basic breakfast - miso soup and rice.tatoeba
    今日の朝飯は鯵のひらきと味噌汁だった。Today's breakfast was dried mackerel and miso soup.tatoeba
  2. broth
  3. gravy
  4. juice
  5. pus
  6. sap

Homonyms

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Same reading (しる)
知る · to know

Radicals and components

Radical水water氵variant氺variant
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · ten (十) · needle (丨)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 150

Compound words

青汁あおじる
aojiru; vegetable juice drink made from green leafy vegetables
出汁だし
Japanese soup stock, made by simmering kombu kelp, dried bonito flakes, or dried sardines.
一汁三菜いちじゅうさんさい
meal consisting of soup, rice and three dishes (esp. namasu, nimono and yakimono)
果汁かじゅう
fruit juice
味噌汁みそしる
miso soup
液汁えきじゅう
juice
灰汁あく
lye
汁粉しるこ
shiruko
汁椀しるわん
soup bowl
糟汁かすじる
soup made with sake lees
狸汁たぬきじる
tanuki soup
胆汁たんじゅう
bile
肉汁にくじゅう
meat broth, gravy
膿汁のうじゅう
pus
梅汁うめじる
plum juice
粕汁かすじる
soup made with sake lees
蕪汁かぶらじる
turnip miso soup
滷汁にがり
bittern
糜汁びじゅう
chyme
蜆汁しじみじる
soup with basket clams (usu. miso soup)
醢汁しょっつる
shottsuru
だし汁だしじる
broth
鰹出汁かつおだし
bonito stock
旨い汁うまいしる
the lion's share

Additional Examples

奴が一人でうまい汁を吸いやがった。
That guy took the best for himself.tatoeba
禅坊主じゃあるまいし、毎日毎日、一汁一菜のダイエットメニューは勘弁してよ。
What? A little soup and celery is all I get? I'm not a Zen monk. I can't survive on an austerity diet like this.tatoeba

Stroke Order

5 strokes

Soup, juice. 氵 (liquid) + 十 — liquid from food. 味噌汁 — miso soup.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 汁

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