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ⓘwhiskey bottle · streetwalker · Ministry of silly walks · John Cleese · license · elbow · human legs (儿) · walking legs (儿)
From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1545
On Reading Examples
Acid eats into metal.tatoeba Acids act on metals.tatoeba Acids act on many things including metals.tatoeba Acid acts on things which contain metal.tatoeba Additional Examples
He died from lack of oxygen.tatoeba Tropical rainforests produce oxygen and consume carbon dioxide.tatoeba Carbon dioxide is not a poison in itself.tatoeba The amount of carbon dioxide has increased by 10 percent.tatoeba And they prefer the weakly acidic environment like sake.wiki Consequently, kosa also contributes to a reduction in the damage due to acid rain.wiki Stroke Order
14 strokes
Sour; acid. 酉 (wine jar) + 夋 — wine gone sour. 酸素 — oxygen.
Practice Writing
Practice Writing 酸
Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step