汁

soup, juice, broth, sap, gravy, pus

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ジュウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

-しるしるつゆ

Stroke Order

5 / 5

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:5

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1843

Vocabulary

ジュウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
果汁	カジュウ	fruit juice
胆汁	タンジュウ	bile; gall
液汁	エキジュウ	juice; sap
天然果汁	テンネンカジュウ	natural fruit juice
肉汁	ニクジュウ	meat soup; bouillon; juices (from grilled meat); gravy

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
汁	しる	juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
汁	つゆ	juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
出汁	だし	dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp; pretext; excuse; pretense (pretence); dupe; front man
味噌汁	みそしる	miso soup
汁気	しるけ	juice

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

sweat, perspire

Big Dipper, ten sho (vol), sake dipper, dots and cross radical (no. 68)

pond, cistern, pool, reservoir

creek, inlet, bay

dirty, pollute, disgrace, rape, defile

seethe, boil, ferment, uproar, breed

half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-

even, flat, peace