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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1843 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: soup, juice, broth, sap, gravy, pus

Kunyomi: しる, -しる, つゆ

Onyomi: ジュウ

Composition: 氵 十

汁

Radical

Radical: 水

Meaning: water

Reading: みず

Frequency: 1,595

Alternative forms:

氵(alt radical position hen)氺

水

Examples

Onyomi Examples

汁液 (ジュウエキ) juice

果汁 (カジュウ) fruit juice

胆汁 (タンジュウ) bile, gall

Kunyomi Examples

汁 (しる) juice, sap, soup, broth, (dipping) sauce

汁気 (しるけ) juice

煮汁 (にじる) broth

魚汁 (いしる) ishiru, ishiri, fish sauce made of salted and fermented sardines, mackerel, or squid; specialty of the Noto Peninsula

汁 (しる) juice, sap, soup, broth, (dipping) sauce

汁だく (つゆだく) soupy, containing more broth or sauce than usual (of gyudon, etc.)

お汁 (おつゆ) broth, soup (esp. miso soup)

蕎麦つゆ (そばつゆ) soba dipping sauce

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